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Alternanthera littoralis is a low subshrub native to coastal areas of the Caribbean, Florida and tropical South America, whose leaves are eaten as a vegetable in parts of Africa. It grows best in warm, sunny, well-drained sites.
Alternanthera littoralis is an African species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. The leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alternanthera littoralis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
