Brassicaceae FAMILY

Schouwia purpurea

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual

Growth—

Schouwia purpurea is a plant of arid and semiarid areas of the tropics and subtropics of Africa, where it is found at elevations up to 1,500 metres^[1]. Schouwia purpurea is of entomological importance since it provides feed and shelter for the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, which sometimes develops migrating populations of plague size and may destroy crops completely^[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Schouwia+purpurea>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
[2]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.