Acanthaceae FAMILY

Thunbergia lancifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Thunbergia lancifolia is an erect, branched, herbaceous perennial plant with stems that can become more or less woody; it grows up to 90cm tall from a woody rhizome[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and hair shampoo. The large, showy, blue flowers with orange-yellow throat and the erect, short, shrubby habit make this a plant with potential as an ornamental[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Burundi, Tanania, Angola, Zambia, southern DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.

HabitatDry, regularly burned savannah and open woodland, at elevations from 1,000 - 1,800 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].