Boraginaceae FAMILY

Heliotropium sarmentosum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Heliotropium sarmentosum is a climbing shrub with stems 1 - 5 metres 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSE Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, New Guinea, northern Australia.

HabitatGallery forest and well developed lowland and upland rain forest, at elevations up to 900 metres in Australia[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ]. Thickets and secondary forests at low and medium elevations in th Philippines[ 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. ]. Dry areas, especially near 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 ].