Asteraceae FAMILY Vulnerable

Senecio canaliculatus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Senecio canaliculatus is a succulent, perennial plant with stems that can become more or less woody and persist; it can grow around 15 - 60cm tall[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. Although Senecio canaliculatus is located within protected areas, it experiences continuing decline due to habitat destruction because of wildfires, quarrying and deforestation. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2018)[ 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 RangeAfrica - central Madagascar

HabitatMontane and subhumid grasslands, woodlands, forests and on inselbergs and rock faces; at elevations from 1,147 - 2,658 metes[ 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. ]