Asteraceae FAMILY

Lactuca schweinfurthii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lactuca schweinfurthii is an unbranched, erect, herbaceous, perennial plant. The plant produces a single, or sometimes two, stems 140 - 240cm tall from a fleshy or semi-woody rootstock[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. , 663 Title Flora of Southern Africa Publication Author Roux J.P. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=662545 Publisher Year 2003 ISBN Description An excellent on-line resource. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Cameroon, Sudan, DR Congo, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi.

HabitatOpen grassland[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].