Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Andrachne aspera

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Andrachne aspera is usually a prostrate or decumbent perennial herb, though sometimes the stems are more upright. The plant usually produces several stems from a woody rootstock, these stems are up to 60cm long and usually more or less unbranched[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 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. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeW. Africa - Cameroon; N. Africa - Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya and Somalia; through Arabia to Pakistan.

HabitatOpen dry woodland or bushland and in dry, sandy or stony river beds, at elevations from sea-level up to 2,000 metres, occasionally to 2,400 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].