Euphorbiaceae FAMILY
Caperonia fistulosa
Caperonia fistulosa
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Caperonia fistulosa is an erect or ascending, slightly branched, annual plant usually growing up to 90cm tall, occasionally to 150cm[ 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 of its fibre.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAfrica - Mali and Benin to Somalia, south through Kenya, eastern DR Congo, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Botswana.
HabitatRiver banks, floodplains, dambos and drying waterholes in heavy black clay and sandy soils; seasonally waterlogged or permanently moist ground, with grasses and reeds; valley grassland and forest; mud, very heavy black cotton soil; to 1,030 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. ].