Asteraceae FAMILY

Chrysanthellum indicum

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Chrysanthellum indicum is a faintly aromatic, erect, branched annual plant herb growing up to 30 cm tall[ 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. , 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/ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild, very occasionally as a food but mainly for medicinal use. It is sometimes sold in local markets for medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru; widely naturalized in tropical Africa.

HabitatOpen spaces, and dry rocky places of the forest zone from Senegal to S Nigeria, at elevations up to 1,465 metres[ 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/ ]. A weed along paths, in gardens and disturbed areas generally[ 651 Title Phytologia Vol. 51 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harold N. Moldenke and Alma L. Moldenke; New York Year 1982 ISBN Description Various articles on botany. ].