Polygonaceae FAMILY

Oxygonum alatum

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Oxygonum alatum is a semi-succulent, annual plant with procumbent stems that are much branched from the crown of the root. The stems can be 3 - 30cm long[ 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. , 394 Title Flora Capensis Publication Author Hiern. W.P.; Brown N.E. Website http://www.aluka.org/action/doBrowse?sa=1&st=662543&execbr=&sls= Publisher Year 1909 ISBN Description Rather dated, and many of the botanical names have been changed since it was written, but contains a wealth of information about plants of southern Africa. It can be downloaded or viewed online. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatDeep sandy soils in desert areas[ 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. ]. On hot and somewhat rocky sands, in places neglected after cultivation, and by roadsides[ 544 Title Cataloge of African Plants Collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853 - 1861 Publication Author Hiern. W.P. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Longmans & Co.; London. Year 1898 ISBN Description In 6 volumes, it gives botanical descriptions and some uses of the plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].