Campanulaceae FAMILY
Hippobroma longiflora
Hippobroma longiflora
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
A strongly poisonous plant[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].
Botanical Description
Star of Bethlehem is a herbaceous perennial plant with a rosette of narrow leaves 10 - 15cm long growing from a perennial rootstock. Harvested from the wild for local medicinal use, the plant is also occasionally cultivated both for medicinal purposes and also as an ornamental317].
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeCaribbean - Jamaica. Widely established as a weed throughout the tropics.
HabitatDamp, sheltered banks and along paths and roadsides in clay soils overlying limestone at elevations of 60 - 810 metres[ 426 Title Flowering Plants of Jamaica Publication Author Adams. C.D. Publisher University of the West Indies; Jamaica. Year 1972 ISBN Description A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc. ].