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Chrozophora brocchiana

Chrozophora brocchiana

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

In Senegal the plant is recorded as causing vomiting and diarrhoea in stock and is thus not grazed, except occasionally by sheep and goats; though in Niger it is sought after by goats and is taken at certain times of the year by cattle[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitShrub
Growth—

A plant of arid and semi-arid areas in the tropics and subtropics of northern Africa.

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Chrozophora+brocchiana>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
  2. [2]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.