Onagraceae FAMILY

Ludwigia octovalvis

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ludwigia octovalvis is a usually robust, well-branched perennial plant, sometimes becoming woody at the base and more shrub-like[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. It grows up to 4 metres tall[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangePantropical.

HabitatMostly in humid places, damp grassland, rice-fields, ditches, by water-courses, swamps, lakes and pools, drains, sandy or silty floodbanks, gravelly riverbeds, floating logs in lagoons etc; also in old native gardens and coconut plantings to 2,100 m[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].