Asteraceae FAMILY
Baccharoides adoensis
Baccharoides adoensis
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Vernonia adoensis is an erect, coarse, perennial herb or subshrub growing 0.3 - 3 metres tall from a woody rootstock. The stems are usually annual, becoming more or less woody at their base[ 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - widespread from Nigeria to Ethiopia and southward through DR Congo and E. Africa to Zimbabwe and S. Africa.
HabitatHigh rainfall miombo and mixed deciduous woodland, often in riverine vegetation; usually in tall grass or in evergreen rainforest[ 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. ].