Description: A shrub with long upright or falling over principal trunks reaching up to 3.5 m in height, but is kept much lower in cultivation. It has side branches appearing to be pinnately divided branches, but with rose to carmine radiate flowers on the underside, a white or pinkish fruit opening at ripening to release three black seed. 1
Uses: Tender young shoots and stripped leaves, often together with the flowers and fruits, are consumed as cooked vegetables or as raw greens. Consuming large quantities of raw plant material can cause serious lung damage. Leaves are used for dying food and they can also be used as feed for cattle and poultry. The small, white fruits are sometimes comfited into a sweetmeal. Leaves and roots have medicinal properties. It can be planted as a living fence.1
Culture: warm, humid environment, never dry, prefers shade
W/C = Wild Collected = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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