Linderniaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Lindernia diffusa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lindernia diffusa is a decumbent to ascending annual plant with a branched stem up to 20cm long that roots at the lower nodes. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. This is a widespread species with no known threats. It is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWidespread in the Americas from Brazil and Bolivia north to southern Mexico and in the Caribbean; West tropical Africa and Madagasar.

HabitatDamp sites in waste places in western Africa[ 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/ ]. Moist thickets or fields, sometimes in waste ground about dwellings or on gravel bars along streams; at elevations up to 1,000 metres[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].