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Useful Tropical Plants

Aizoon canariense

L.

Aizoaceae

+ Synonyms

Aizoon procumbens Crantz

Aizoon spathulatum Eckl. & Zeyh.

Glinus crystallinus Forssk.

Veslingia cauliflora Moench

Common Name:

Aizoon canariense
Plant growing in the Judean Desert, Israel
Photograph by: Gidip
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Aizoon canariense Aizoon canariense Aizoon canariense

General Information

Aizoon canariense is a succulent, annual to short-lived perennial plant growing up to 40cm tall, with rather thick, many-stemmed often prostrate shoots[
328
Title
African Flowering Plants Database
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Author
 
Website
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
Publisher
Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
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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 sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as food.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

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Title
Flora of Pakistan
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Website
http://www.efloras.org
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Year
 
ISBN
 
Description
As of 2006, there is not much information on habitats available, but it is being developed and promises to be an excellent resource.
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Title
Flora Zambesiaca
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Website
http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html
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0
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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.

Range

Drier areas of northern and southern Africa, through Arabia, the eastern Mediterranean, southern Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Habitat

Roadsides, cultivated ground, rocky or sandy soils, sometimes forming large patches, at elevations to 1,400 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.
,
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.
].

Properties

Edibility Rating *  *
HabitAnnual/Perennial
Height0.40 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

A plant for arid and semi-arid areas of the tropics and subtropics.
Requires a sunny position in a well-drained soil. The plant is often found growing in saline soils in the wild.
A very variable plant[
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.
].

Edible Uses

The herb is used as food[
46
Title
Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Publication
 
Author
Uphof. J. C. Th.
Publisher
Weinheim
Year
1959
ISBN
-
Description
An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
]. The leaves are eaten in times of famine[
105
Title
Tanaka's Cyclopedia of Edible Plants of the World.
Publication
 
Author
Tanaka. T. & Nakao S.
Publisher
Keigaku Publishing; Tokyo
Year
1976
ISBN
-
Description
The most comprehensive list of edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.
].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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