Rubiaceae FAMILY

Oldenlandia corymbosa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Oldenlandia corymbosa is an erect or prostrate, sparsely branched annual plant with stems up to 40cm long that sometimes root at the nodes[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. , 785 Title Medicinal Plants of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Publication Author Nguyen Van Duong Publisher Mekong Printing; Vietnam (Printers) Year 1993 ISBN 0-9837303-1-2 Description Published by the author, this is an excellent book on the medicinal attributes of plants growing in the area that used to be called Indo-China. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of a dye. A popular herbal treatment in India, where it is harvested in large quantities from the wild and traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWidespread through tropical and subtropical Africa; Arabia, subtropical and tropical Asia to New Guinea.

HabitatGrassland with long or short grass, bushland, montane scrub, shallow soil on rocks, sandy river ridges, furrows and dry ponds on black-cotton soil, cultivated and disturbed ground, at elevations from sea level to 2,300 metres[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ].