Malvaceae FAMILY

Hibiscus nigricaulis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hibiscus nigricaulis is an erect, annual plant, sometimes biennial, with a finely-prickly stem; it can grow up to 150cm tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. , 1671 Title Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia Publication Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Bot.) 29( 1 ): 47-79 Author Wilson F.D. Publisher Year 1999 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes cultivated as a vegetable in Zambia[ 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 RangeAfrica - southern DR Congo, Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Mozambique, S. Africa

HabitatRuderal and wild, in old cultivated lands and waste places, disturbed native vegetation, moist places and marshland[ 1671 Title Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia Publication Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Bot.) 29( 1 ): 47-79 Author Wilson F.D. Publisher Year 1999 ISBN Description ]. Dry scrub; humid places; 'dembos'; roadsides, fallow, waste land; at elevations from 1,100 - 1,800 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].