Polygonaceae FAMILY

Koenigia campanulata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Koenigia campanulata is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a creeping, stoloniferous rootstock; it produces suberect stems that are prostrate at the base, growing around 60 - 90cm 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 use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China (Guizhou, W Hubei, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan), northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, northern Myanmar

HabitatMoist open places on slopes and in valleys; at elevations from 1,400 - 4,100 metres[ 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. , 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. ].