Brassicaceae FAMILY

Cardamine trichocarpa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cardamine trichocarpa is an annual herb, usually well-branched and erect, with a taproot, growing 5 - 50cm tall. The leaves are spread at the base and along the stems[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ]. The edible leaves are gathered from the wild for local consumption[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria, Gabon, northern Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia. Eastern DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar; E. Asia - India.

HabitatMoist ground, clearings, roadsides, farmland, apparently increasingly spreading as a weed, at elevations from 2,000 - 3,000 metres[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ].