Distephanus biafrae (Oliv. & Hiern) H.Rob.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Distephanus

Characteristics

A scrambling shrub. It is softly woody. It grows 1-6 m tall. The stems are brittle. It has short hairs. The leaves are broadly oval and 2-7 cm long by 1-5 cm wide. The base is rounded or wedge shaped.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 6.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

A tropical plant.
Light -
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Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Fever (unspecified), Snuff (unspecified), Female (unspecified), Headache (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Distribution

Distephanus biafrae world distribution map, present in Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77104586-1
WFO ID wfo-0000052693
COL ID 36XBN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cacalia biafrae Gongrothamnus solidaginifolius Vernonia solidaginifolia Vernonia rhodocalymma Vernonia leptolepis Vernonia tufnelliae Vernonia verschuereni Vernonia biafrae Vernonia senecioides Vernonia biafrae var. biafrae Vernonia biafrae var. tufnelliae Distephanus biafrae