Asteraceae FAMILY

Artemisia afra

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

African wormwood is a strongly aromatic, clump-forming, perennial plant with stems that are woody at the base and can persist. It can grow from 30cm to 2 metres tall[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African 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. ]. The plant is a widely used traditional medicine in Africa.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - S. Africa north to Angola in the west, to Ethiopia in the east.

HabitatDamp slopes, along streamsides and forest margins at elevations of 20 - 2,440 metres[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ].