Aizoaceae FAMILY

Trianthema salsoloides

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Trianthema salsoloides is a succulent annual herb with prostrate, ascending or erect stems that are woody at the base, up to about 50cm long, and radiating in a crown from the taproot[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild and used locally to make soap.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - drier areas from Chad to Ethiopia, south to Angola, Namibia, S, Africa, Botswana and Mozambique.

HabitatSandy and saline soils[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. Grassland, bushland at elevations from 900 - 1,260 metres[ 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. ].