Asteraceae FAMILY
Borrichia arborescens
Borrichia arborescens
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Borrichia arborescens is a fleshy-leaved, evergreen shrub spreading by means of rhizomes and rooting stems to form dense colonies up to 1.5 metres tall[ 428 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 65 Publication Author Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 1978 ISBN Description An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains parts of the Flora of Panama. ]. The plant is possibly used as a food and medicine. It is sometimes cultivated as a hedge or ground cover plant.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast N. America - southern Florida; Caribbean - Bermuda, West Indies.
HabitatRocky coasts, sandy marshes, beaches, at elevations up to 10 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].