Commelinaceae FAMILY

Aneilema beniniense

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aneilema beninensis is a robust straggling herb that can grow 60 - 90cm tall, producing fibrous roots from the lower nodes[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use in traditional medicine[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Ethiopia, south to Angola, Zambia and Tanzania.

HabitatAn abundant weedy plant of disturbed ground; openings in moist semi-deciduous forest; forest farms, roadsides; occasionally fringing woodland; along watercourses in savannah; primary rain-forest, especially in wet areas around swamps[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].