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Hancea acuminata
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Hancea acuminata

Hancea acuminata

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

The seeds cause numbness when chewed[1]. A decoction of the aerial parts has been taken as an ordeal 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=Hancea+acuminata>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [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.