Lythraceae FAMILY

Nesaea rigidula

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Nesaea rigidula is an erect or decumbent shrublet with branched stems produced from a woody taproot; it can grow 8 - 35cm 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - southern Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, S. Africa.

HabitatEdges of marshes and rivers, flooded grassland areas, alluvial plains, cracks in limestone, etc; at elevations around 950 - 1,220 metres[ 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. ].