Acanthaceae FAMILY

Peristrophe roxburghiana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Peristrophe roxburghiana is a much-branched, perennial, herbaceous plant growing about 1 metre 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. ]. A dye is obtained from the plant. Much used in Asia, it is gathered from the wild, occasionally semi-cultivated and sometimes also fully cultivated[ 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 RangeE. Asia - China, eastern India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

HabitatOften found on cultivated lands, in thickets and coconut groves, often probably as a relict of cultivation. Under supposed natural conditions it grows along watercourses in forests[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. Shady waste ground[ 334 Title Flora of Peninsula Malaysia Publication Author Website http://www.tfbc.frim.gov.my Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description In the process of being assembled (15/07/09), it is currently a series of check sheets giving species name, brief description, habitat and high quality photos of the plants. ].