Acanthaceae FAMILY
Whitfieldia elongata
Whitfieldia elongata
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Whitfieldia elongata is a shrub that can be erect or semi-scandent, with stems up to 3 - 5 metres long[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. It is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use, as a dye and for its wood. An ornamental plant, it is sometimes grown as a house plant in cooler regions of the world.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria to Sudan, south to Angola and Tanzania.
HabitatRainforests[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].