Rubiaceae FAMILY
Pentanisia schweinfurthii
Pentanisia schweinfurthii
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Pentanisia schweinfurthii is an erect, branched, herbaceous perennial plant growing up to 30cm tall. The plant produces several stems that arise from a woody rootstock[ 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
HabitatGrasslands and woodlands, always in areas subject to burning; it is fire-resistant. In eastern Africa it grows at elevations of 800 - 2,250 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. ]. Found particularly on bare soil and other exposed areas and poorish grassland subject to burning[ 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. ].