Siphonochilus aethiopicus

Botanical Description

Siphonochilus aethiopicus is a perennial plant producing annual leafy stems about 35 cm tall from aromatic, perennial tuberous roots[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. , 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/ ]. Highly prized for its medicinal virtues, the plant has been over harvested from the wild in parts of its range to a point just short of total extinction[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ]. It is also cultivated on a garden scale for its medicinal and ornamental virtues. The cone shaped rhizomes and fleshy roots are dug up and sold in local markets around the country. The plant has very attractive, though short-lived, delicately scented flowers[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ].