Boraginaceae FAMILY

Euploca strigosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Euploca strigosa is a prostrate to erect, annual or occasionally perennial plant that can grow 15 - 35cm tall. The stems are usually much-branched from the base[ 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. , 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, S. Africa.

HabitatOpen woodlands and grasslands on shallow or sandy soils, roadsides, denuded grounds and coastal dunes; at elevations up to 1,200 metres[ 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. ].