Linderniaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Lindernia ciliata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lindernia ciliata is an erect, annual plant growing up to 20cm tall. The stem is much branched, the branches decumbent and sometimes forming roots at their last node[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. This species is widely distributed, common and without any threats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, northern Australia, the Pacific.

HabitatSunny or lightly shaded, often grassy localities, wasteland, roadsides, fallowed fields, rainfed rice fields, moist places, generally on light soils, often gregarious, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,300 metres[ 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. , 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. ].