Amaranthaceae FAMILY

Aerva leucura

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aerva leucura is a herbaceous, perennial woolly herb, with stems up to 1 metre tall that often become woody at the base. The plant can be erect, or low and spreading, the slender stems simple or branched[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. , 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEastern and southern Africa - Uganda and Kenya, south through Tanzania, Zambia and southern Angola to S. Africa.

HabitatFound in a variety of habitats from disturbed ground to deciduous bushland, woodland and forest edges, rocky places, open stream sides, at elevations from 600 - 1,700 metres in Tanzania[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ].