Ochnaceae FAMILY

Sauvagesia erecta

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sauvagesia erecta is a small, creeping herb about 30cm tall[ 922 Title Non-timber forest products of the North-West District of Guyana Publication Tropenbos-Guyana Series 8a Author van Andel T.R. Publisher Tropenbos-Guyana Programme; Georgetown, Guyana Year 2000 ISBN 90-393-2536-7 Description A very detailed study of the peoples and the plants they use, it includes a field guide to almost 500 species of useful plants. ] The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is cultivated in home gardens in Ecuador[ 521 Title Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador. Publication Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 15 Author Vickers W.T.; Plowman T. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; USA. Year 1984 ISBN 0015 - 0746 Description Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia. Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas; C. America - Panama to Mexico; Caribbean - Trinidad to Cuba.

HabitatCommon in pastures, and as a weed in cultivated fields[ 922 Title Non-timber forest products of the North-West District of Guyana Publication Tropenbos-Guyana Series 8a Author van Andel T.R. Publisher Tropenbos-Guyana Programme; Georgetown, Guyana Year 2000 ISBN 90-393-2536-7 Description A very detailed study of the peoples and the plants they use, it includes a field guide to almost 500 species of useful plants. ]. Usually found in moist or wet soil of savannahs, open grassy banks, moist thickets, or pine forest; at elevations up to 1,450 metres[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].