Malvaceae FAMILY

Wissadula rostrata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Wissadula rostrata is a perennial plant that can be herbaceous or form a woody base. It is an erect plant, branched from the base and growing about 75 - 125cm tall[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild as a local source of medicines, fibre etc. It is cultivated as a fibre plant in the Sudan[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWidely distributed through most of tropical Africa

HabitatUsually in light shade on rocky and loamy soils and in riverine vegetation in tropical Africa[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].