Rutaceae FAMILY

Boenninghausenia albiflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Boenninghausenia albiflora is a herbaceous, perennial plant often becoming more or less woody, especially at the base; it can grow up to 120cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and insect repellant. Considered to be very ornamental, it is sometimes grown in gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - central and southern China, Japan, Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines

HabitatOpen forests, grassy slopes and shrubberies; at elevations from 500 - 3,300 metres[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. , 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Generally found in moist places in Nepal; at elevations from 500 - 3,000 metres[ 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ].