Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Chrozophora plicata

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Fresh shoots are toxic to many grazing mammals, though camels eat it^[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual/Perennial

Growth—

Detailed cultivation instructions are not available.

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]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.
[2]Cornucopia II — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications, California. · 1998 · ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 ↩︎The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.