Geophila obvallata

Botanical Description

Geophila obvallata is a perennial plant, usually woody at the base, with creeping stems up to 60cm long that are often underground and can persist for several years[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. Another report says that the roots are 6 - 9 metres long, rooting at the nodes[ 515 Title Flora of Tropical Africa Vol 1 - 8 Publication Author Var Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher L.Reeve & Co.; Ashford, Kent. Year 1868 - 1917 ISBN Description Very little information on habitat, range and uses, but gives good descriptions of the plants. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. The leaves are sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.