Malvaceae FAMILY

Hibiscus noldeae

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hibiscus noldeae is a prickly perennial plant with stems that can become woody and persist. The stems can be erect to scrambling or climbing, and from 1 - 4 metres long, either unbranched or forming tangles of growth[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. , 1671 Title Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia Publication Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Bot.) 29( 1 ): 47-79 Author Wilson F.D. Publisher Year 1999 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of fibre. It is sometimes cultivated for its fibre and edible leaves[ 1671 Title Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia Publication Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Bot.) 29( 1 ): 47-79 Author Wilson F.D. Publisher Year 1999 ISBN Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Guinea to Ethiopia, south to Angola and Zambia

HabitatRiverine forest, riverbanks, seepage areas; Combretum wooded grassland on clay; roadsides; savannah; rock cracks; swamps; fallow land; sometimes in cultivations; at elevations from 950 - 1,900 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].