Passifloraceae FAMILY

Basananthe sandersonii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Basananthe sandersonii is a herbaceous perennial plant growing 2 - 60cm tall. The plant produces one to several shoots from a woody rootstock; these shoots are erect or more or less prostrate at the base, can be unbranched or more or less branched, and sometimes have tendrils[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast Africa - Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and S. Africa.

HabitatGrassland, open scrub vegetation and forest edges on sandy and rocky soils, 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. , 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. ].