Thymelaeaceae FAMILY

Gnidia glauca

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The bark is made into arrow poison. It is boiled in water for several hours and the residue is smeared on arrow tips^[1]. The stem, bark and leaves are used as a fish poison^[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitTree

Growth—

Not known

Propagation

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

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.