Polygonaceae FAMILY

Oxygonum atriplicifolium

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Oxygonum atriplicifolium is a slender, much branched, straggling and trailing plant that is sometimes annual, but more commonly perennial. It has weak stems that can be more than 1 metre long[ 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. , 500 Title Flora of Somalia Publication Author Thulin M. (Editor) Publisher Kew Publishing, London. Year 1993 ISBN Description Detailed information on the plants of the region, often adding notes on the plants uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast Africa - Egypt and Ethiopia, south to Mozambique and Madagascar.

HabitatUnder hedges, in cultivated and waste places, at elevations from sea-level up to 2,000 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. ].