Asteraceae FAMILY

Blumea riparia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Blumea riparia is a scandent, evergreen shrub or subshrub with stems that become more or less woody at the base. It grows 50 - 250cm long with sprawling stems around 2cm in diameter[ 978 Title The Composite Genus Blumea, A Taxonomic Revision Publication Blumea 10:176 - 317 Author Aban J. Randeria Publisher National Herbarium of the Netherlands. Year 1960 ISBN Description A complete treatment (as of 1960) of the genus Blumea. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Phillipines to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

HabitatThickets, open grassy plains, clearings, along stream and river banks or rambling on the undergrowth in rain forests; at elevations from sea level to 1,500 metres[ 978 Title The Composite Genus Blumea, A Taxonomic Revision Publication Blumea 10:176 - 317 Author Aban J. Randeria Publisher National Herbarium of the Netherlands. Year 1960 ISBN Description A complete treatment (as of 1960) of the genus Blumea. ].