Linderniaceae FAMILY

Artanema longifolium

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Artanema longifolium is an erect, often branched, herbaceous perennial plant with hollow, slightly fleshy stems, growing up to 1 metre tall[ 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 leaves are harvested from the wild for local use as a food. The plant has decorative, deep red-purple flowers and seems to have potential as an attractive garden ornamental[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa, through tropical Asia to Papua New Guinea.

HabitatForest and scrub in water and wet places[ 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/ ]. Forest and scrub vegetation, in humid and swampy localities; and is common along rice fields and watercourses, and in soggy grassland, at elevations up to 400 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. ].