Asteraceae FAMILY

Cyanthillium cinereum

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cyanthillium cinereum is an erect, branching, annual plant growing 15 - 80cm 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 food and medicine. It is sometimes cultivated as a vegetable in Kenya[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ], and is also used in Ayurvedic herbal medicine[ 304 Title Handbook of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants Publication Author Kapoor. L. D. Publisher CRC Press, Florida. Year 2001 ISBN 0-8493-2929-9 Description A very detailed book on some of the key Ayurvedic herbs, giving both technical and non-technical information on each plant. The whole is very well referenced. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Senegal to Somalia, south to S. Africa; through Arabia, tropical Asia to New Guinea and Australia.

HabitatWeed, often in open places on slopes, fields and roadsides[ 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. ].