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Useful Tropical Plants

Crassocephalum picridifolium

(DC.) S.Moore

Asteraceae

+ Synonyms

Crassocephalum sambamense Berhaut

Gynura picridifolia (DC.) Burtt Davy

Senecio acutidentatus A.Rich.

Senecio papaverifolius A.Rich.

Senecio picridifolius DC.

Common Name:

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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.
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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.
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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 StatusLeast Concern
Medicinal Rating *  *
HabitPerennial
Height1.00 m
PollinatorsInsects
Cultivation StatusWild

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
 
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/
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Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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