Rogeria adenophylla

J.Gay

Pedaliaceae

Common Name:

Flowering plants in native habitat
Photograph by: E. Erb; Photo Guide to Plants of Southern African plants. BioCentre Klein Flottbek, Hamburg, Germany
© E. Erb

General Information

Rogeria adenophylla is a robust, annual herb growing up to 2.5 metres tall. The whole plant has an unpleasant acrid smell.
The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Tropical Africa - savannah areas from Mauritania to Sudan and south to Angola

Habitat

Dry savannah.

Properties

Medicinal Rating
Habit	Annual
Height	0.00 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Requires a sunny position. Succeeds in any very well-drained, fertile soil.

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

A mucilaginous infusion obtained from the plant has been recommended in the treatment of diarrhoea[

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.

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Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -

Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2024-11-22. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Rogeria+adenophylla>

Comments

huraira mijinyaw 10th July 2016 13:41

Used as an antipyretic

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