Aizoaceae FAMILY

Gisekia pharnaceoides

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The fruits are said to be poisonous[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Gisekia is a slightly succulent, glabrous, annual green herb, often with a pinkish tinge[ 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 stems are trailing, decumbent or prostrate, up to 80 cm long, sometimes longer[ 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 gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa to Arabia. Also found in many other areas of the drier tropics and subtropics.

HabitatA weed found along roadsides, in grassland, bushland and woodland, mostly on sandy soils, from sea-level up to elevations of 1,700 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. ].