Amaranthaceae FAMILY

Digera muricata

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Digera muricata is an annual herb growing up to 70 cm tall with a stem that can be simple or branched[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. Often gathered from the wild for local use as a food, in some areas it is also cultivated and sold in local markets[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEastern Africa through tropical and subtropical Asia to Malaysia and Indonesia.

HabitatMost common on disturbed and waste ground, but it also occurs in many kinds of habitat, from dry savannah and semi-desert to moist localities on deep clay and mud soils, from sea-level up to 1,500 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].