Oxalidaceae FAMILY

Biophytum abyssinicum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Biophytum abyssinicum is an annual plant growing 5 - 30cm tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild, and also occasionally cultivated, for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - mainly eastern from Eritrea to Zimbabwe and Mozambique; Southeast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea.

HabitatDamp shady often rocky places in open grassland or Brachystegia and Colophospermum mopane woodland; occasionally common in bare sandy ground, usually at elevations of 380 - 1,600 metres, extending to 2,650 metres in Kenya[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].