Molluginaceae FAMILY

Glinus oppositifolius

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Glinus oppositifolius is an erect or almost prostrate, much-branched annual herb with a strongish taproot and stems that can be 10 - 60cm long[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is occasionally cultivated in Thailand and the Philippines for use as a vegetable and is often sold in local markets[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. , 1401 Title Vitamin C content of commonly eaten green leafy vegetables in fresh and under different storage conditions Publication Tropical Plant Research 2(3): 240-245, 2015 Author Umaramani M. & Sivakanesan R. Publisher Year 2015 ISBN 2349 - 1183 Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa, through much of tropical and subtropical Asia to northern Australia.

HabitatDry regions, from the plains up to 100 metres, exceptionally to 275 metres, in seasonally swampy localities, in dried-up pools and ditches and on rice-fields. Sometimes found in sandy localities near the sea[ 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 ].