Acanthaceae FAMILY
Dicliptera laxata
Dicliptera laxata
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Dicliptera laxata is a scrambling perennial plant or undershrub with stems 1 - 5 metres long. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as food and medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Cameroon and Fernando Po, across the Congo Basin to east Africa in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
HabitatHigh forest, often in deep shade, sometimes dominant in the under-storey, riparian forest, occasionally in swamp forest, on steep slopes of well-watered ground, at elevations from 1,500 - 2,300 metres[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ].