Aneilema beniniense
(P.Beauv.) Kunth
Commelinaceae
Aneilema mortehanii De Wild.
Commelina beniniensis P.Beauv.
Lamprodithyros beniniensis (P.Beauv.) Hassk.
Common Name:
General Information
Aneilema beninensis is a robust straggling herb that can grow 60 - 90cm tall, producing fibrous roots from the lower nodes[
328- Title
- African Flowering Plants Database
- Publication
-
- Author
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- 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.
].
The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use in traditional medicine[
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.
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
Tropical Africa - Senegal to Ethiopia, south to Angola, Zambia and Tanzania.
Habitat
An abundant weedy plant of disturbed ground; openings in moist semi-deciduous forest; forest farms, roadsides; occasionally fringing woodland; along watercourses in savannah; primary rain-forest, especially in wet areas around swamps[
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
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Perennial |
| Height | 0.75 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
The flowers open at about 7am, closing around noon.
Edible Uses
Leaves[
2189- Title
- Wild edible plants in Ethiopia: a review on their potential to combat food insecurity
- Publication
- Afrika Focus, Volume 24, (2), 2011, pp. 71-121
- Author
- Lulekal E. et al
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
Medicinal
A decoction of the plant is used as a laxative for children[
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.
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
