Zornia glochidiata
Zornia glochidiata
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Zornia glochidiata is a branched, erect or straggling annual plant growing from slender rootst. Usuallu a short-lived annual, rarely living beyond the rainy season, although the stems can become somewhat woody at the base and the plant can occasionally becoming perennial. The branched stems can grow 10 - 70cm tall[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. , 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. , 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ , 375 Title Grassland Species - Profiles Publication Author Website http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Gbase/Default.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse information on over 650 species of plants that grow in grassland, including trees, shrubs and perennial plants as well as grasses. Gives a brief description of the plant, its range and habitat and some of its uses. , 1631 Title A Monograph of the Leguminous Genus Zornia Publication Webbia: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography, 16:1, 1-141, 1961 Author Mohlenbrock R.H. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00837792.1961.10669720 Publisher Year 1961 ISBN Description ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.