Acanthaceae FAMILY

Fittonia albivenis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Fittonia albivenis is an evergreen, perennial plant forming a low-growng, dense mat of growth about 8cm tall[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. A very attractive plant, valued especially for its dense growth habit and colourful patterning of the leaves - it is often grown in the tropical garden, especially as a ground cover in shady positions, and is also grown as a house plant, often in hanging baskets[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela.

HabitatDense forest at elevations up to 800 metres[ 521 Title Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador. Publication Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 15 Author Vickers W.T.; Plowman T. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; USA. Year 1984 ISBN 0015 - 0746 Description Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].