Poaceae FAMILY

Setaria palmifolia

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Highland pitpit is a large, clump-forming, evergreen, perennial grass with robust, erect culms 75 - 300cm long. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is occasionally cultivated for its edible seeds - some improved forms have been developed in New Guinea[ 301 Title Cornucopia II Publication Author Facciola. S. Publisher Kampong Publications, California. Year 1998 ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 Description The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indo-China.

HabitatOpen forests, thicket margins, shady path sides[ 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. ].