Orobanchaceae FAMILY
Buchnera hispida
Buchnera hispida
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Buchnera hispida is an erect, annual plant with a simple or branched stem, growing up to 1 metre tall. A hemiparasitic plant, it grows best as a parasite, favouring the roots of cereal crops such as. sorghum, millet and maize, but it can also grow, although less well, without a host plant[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and dye.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAfrica - widespread in tropical and southern subtropical areas; through the Arabian Peninsula to India.
HabitatA weed of cultivated land, it is also found in well-drained grassland on sandy soils, often in open woodland, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,800 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. ].