Amaranthaceae FAMILY

Hermbstaedtia scabra

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hermbstaedtia scabra is an erect annual herb that can vary from simple to much-branched with long, ascending branches. It grows from 0.5 - 1.1 metres tall[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is gathered from the wild for local medicinal use[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and S. Africa.

HabitatSandy soil in open savannah, open Mopane woodland, river banks, abandoned cultivation; at elevations of 45 - 1,030 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. ].