Zingiberaceae FAMILY

Aframomum alboviolaceum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aframomum alboviolaceum is a herbaceous perennial plant with creeping rhizomes that are relatively deeply buried in the soil. It produces leafy stems up to 3 metres tall[ 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/ ]. The plant is gathered from the wild for use as a food and medicine, It is sometimes cultivated as a food crop[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Sudan, south to Angola, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.

HabitatTall grass and tree savannah[ 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/ ].