Nyctaginaceae FAMILY

Commicarpus chinensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Commicarpus chinensis is a spreading, perennial plant with thick-stemmed branches up to 1 metre tall[ 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. ]. An erect or rambling, sometimes climbing plant, usually to 1 metre but sometimes reaching 4 metres[ 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatOpen places and forests in southern China[ 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. ]. The plant is found especially in regions with a distinctly seasonal climate, in dry localities, hedges, brushwood, field margins and monsoon forest, on sandy clay and limestone soils, up to 700 metres[ 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. ].