Chenopodiaceae=Amaranthaceae FAMILY Least Concern
Hirtella paniculata
Hirtella paniculata
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Hirtella paniculata is a shrub or a small tree growing up to 4 metres tall The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food Hirtella paniculata has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas; Caribbean - Trinidad to the Windward Islands
HabitatOpen sandy places, savannahs, savannah margins, sandy river banks and islands[ 735 Title Chrysobalanaceae Part 2. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 19: 1-268 Publication Author Prance G.T.; Sothers C.A. Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb Publisher Australian Biological Resources Study; Canberra. Year 2003 ISBN 0 642 56833 2 Description An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded as a PDF file from the Internet. ].