Polygonaceae FAMILY

Oxygonum salicifolium

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Oxygonum salicifolium is a creeping perennial plant with ascending or prostrate woody branches bearing pubescent shoots up to 35cm long[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Kenya, Tanzania.

HabitatGrassland and disturbed ground, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,600 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].