Orobanchaceae FAMILY

Escobedia grandiflora

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Escobedia grandiflora is an erect, herbaceous, perennial plant producing leafy stems usually 60 - 150cm long, but occasionally to 200cm[ 369 Title Flora of Costa Rica Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago Year 1938 ISBN Description Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet. ]. The root is harvested from the wild for local use as a colouring. The plant is also cultivated within its native range as a condiment and dye plant, and is sometimes sold in local markets[ 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. ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela; C. America - Panama to Mexico.

HabitatUncommon plants of open sites, in marshy or wet situations of lower montane evergreen forest formations, at elevations of 1,000 - 1,500 metres in Costa Rica[ 369 Title Flora of Costa Rica Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago Year 1938 ISBN Description Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet. ].