Crassocephalum picridifolium
(DC.) S.Moore
Asteraceae
Crassocephalum sambamense Berhaut
Gynura picridifolia (DC.) Burtt Davy
Senecio acutidentatus A.Rich.
Senecio papaverifolius A.Rich.
Senecio picridifolius DC.
Common Name:
General Information
Crassocephalum picridifolium is a perennial plant with stems that can be from 30 - 120cm long. The lower stem is prostrate and forms new roots at the nodes, it then sends up erect branches, these sometimes developing a more scandent habit and clambering through other plants[
610- Title
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Publication
-
- Author
- Beentje H.J.
- Website
- http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 2002
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
Crassocephalum picridifolium is widespread and whilst it is possibly declining in parts of its range due to the conversion of its natural habitat (swampy grasslands) to agricultural land it is not thought that global population decline is likely to meet the threshold for any threatened category.The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2017)[
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.
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
610- Title
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Publication
-
- Author
- Beentje H.J.
- Website
- http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 2002
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa.
Range
Africa - Senegal, through Nigeria and Chad to Ethiopia, south through eastern Africa to southern Africa
Habitat
Swamps or swampy grassland, where it may be locally common, occasionally forming floating mats of growth; at elevations from 450 - 2,700 metres, but usually above 1050 metres[
610- Title
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Publication
-
- Author
- Beentje H.J.
- Website
- http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 2002
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa.
].
Properties
| Conservation Status | Least Concern |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Perennial |
| Height | 1.00 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
The leaves are applied topically to heal wounds[
332- Title
- The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
- Publication
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- 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/
].
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.
