PlantPeers
Back to Catalog
Nuxia sphaerocephala
Stilbaceae FAMILY

Nuxia sphaerocephala

Nuxia sphaerocephala

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

Found in dry, subhumid and humid areas of Madagascar, at elevations from sea level to 1,500 metres, mainly at the higher elevations.

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Flore de Madagascar et des Comores — Humbert H. · Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris · 1946 - 1984 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ ↩︎Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet.
  2. [2]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.