Cleomaceae FAMILY

Cleome maculata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cleome maculata is an annual to biennial plant with a stem that can be simple or branched, usually growing 10 - 25cm tall, occasionally to 43cm[ 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 harvested from the wild for its edible leaves, which are eaten locally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern S. Africa.

HabitatSandy plains, especially where these are situated within hilly regions; rocky habitats (rock crevices and rocky hillslopes)[ 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. ]. A weed of disturbed sandy soils[ 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. ].