Fabaceae FAMILY
Grona styracifolia
Grona styracifolia
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Grona styracifolia is a much-branched, erect to prostrate plant with more or less woody stems that persist. It can grow from 60 - 200cm tall[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes used as a green manure.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate; tropical
Native RangeE. Asia - China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, to Micronesia.
HabitatMountain slopes, grasslands and thickets at elevations below 1000 metres in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hubei and S Yunnan Provinces[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].