Apocynaceae FAMILY
Solenostemma argel
Solenostemma argel
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Solenostemma argel is a herbaceous plant with stems to 60 cm tall growing from a woody root-stock[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeNorth Africa - Chad, Niger, Central Sahara, Mali, Sudan, Egypt and into Arabia.
HabitatDry sandy semi-desert areas[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].