Onagraceae FAMILY

Ludwigia perennis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ludwigia perennis is an erect, annual, taprooted plant with branched stems, growing 20 - 100cm 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 leaves are harvested from the wild for local use as a food. They are sometimes sold in local markets in west Africa[ 617 Title Traditional Vegetables in Benin Publication Author Achigan-Dako E. Et al Publisher Darwin Initiative; International Foundation for Science Year 2009 ISBN Description Issued as a PDF on the Internet, it contains basic information on over 250 species of plants used for food in Benin. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa; through east and southeast Asia to Australia and New Caledonia.

HabitatWet sites such as flood plains, roadside ditches, muddy wallows, abandoned rice paddies; at elevations from near sea level to 1,200 metres in southern China[ 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. ].