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Baccharoides lasiopus is a thinly branched herb or semi-shrub from tropical East Africa, growing up to about 3 m with pale mauve, purple or white flower heads. It is usually found in bushland, riverine woodland, forest edges and grassland, and is not a commonly grown garden plant, so the key to growing it is to mimic its seasonally dry tropical habitat.
Baccharoides lasiopus is a thinly branched herb or semi shrub within the family Asteraceae.
The species occurs in Tropical East Africa, from the Ethiopia and Sudan southwards to Northern Zimbabwe. It is commonly found in bushland, riverine woodland or forest and grasslands. The plant is called muhasha in Swahili, known as Ol-euguru among the Maasai and Nkaputi among the Samburu.
Powdered leaves of the species are used in a decoction to treat indigestion and stomach ache while extracts of the plant are used by the Kikuyu to treat malaria. Farmers in Kenya also use the plant to ward off weevils from harvested maize.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baccharoides lasiopus 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.
