Moraceae FAMILY

Fatoua villosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Fatoua villosa is a monoecious, annual or perennial, ascending or erect, often half-woody herb up to 100 cm tall, without latex; stem with hooked hairs[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, Japan, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia to New Guinea, northern Australia and the western Pacific.

HabitatDry thickets, grassy places, on walls, stony sites and cliffs at elevations up to 1,200 metres. It may form a carpet of growth in light secondary forest[ 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. ]..