Gynura procumbens

Botanical Description

Gynura procumbens is a vigorous, herbaceous, perennial plant producing stems that scramble over the ground or twine into other plants for support[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The edible leaves are sometimes harvested from the wild for local consumption, The plant also has local medicinal uses and is grown to control insect pests of rice plants. An ornamental plant, especially when in flower, it is often cultivated in the tropics and grown as a house plant in the temperate zone[ 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/ ].