Asteraceae FAMILY

Emilia lisowskiana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Emilia lisowskiana is an erect, annual plant growing up to 90cm tall[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Cameroon and Central African Republic, south to Angola and Zambia.

HabitatDense, usually secondary forest, forest margins and plantations (e.g. banana, oil palm); at elevations up to 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. ].