Artanema longifolium (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Artanema longifolium (L.) Vatke

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Synonyms

• Artanema angustifolium Benth.,
• A. sesamoides Benth.

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: sesawi pasir
• Thailand: phakmanpu, ya-khaina (central)
• Vietnam: vừng dất.

Distribution

Tropical Africa, and from India to Indo-China and throughout Malesia.

Uses

Leaves are said to be edible.

Observations

• Erect herb, up to 1 m tall, with quadrangular to 4-winged stem.
• Leaves sessile, lanceolate, 3.5-16 cm × 1-3.5 cm, glabrous to scabrid.
• Flowers purple.

In humid and swampy places, common along rice fields, up to 400 m altitude.

Selected sources

7, 20, 84, 85.