Annonaceae FAMILY

Uvaria chamae

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Uvaria chamae is a climbing shrub or small tree growing up to 4 metres tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The tree is used locally, being harvested from the wild for its edible fruit, medicinal and other uses. The root bark is sometimes sold in local markets, mainly for medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa in a belt from Senegal to the Central African Republic.

HabitatFringing forest in savannah[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. Savannah and secondary forest[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description 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/ ].