Asteraceae FAMILY
Solanecio angulatus
Solanecio angulatus
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Solanecio angulatus is a scrambling, succulent, perennial plant producing stems 0.6 - 3 metres long, occasionally to 10 metres. The plant is sometimes prostrate[ 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAfrica - Benin, Cameroon, Gabon; Angola to northeast S. Africa and Madagascar, north to Sudan and Somalia; Arabian Peninsula
HabitatForest, especially in riverine or lakeshore forest, bushland, bushed grassland, thickets; at elevations from 250 - 2,500 metres but mainly from 600 - 1,800 metres[ 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ].