Primulaceae FAMILY
Myrsine melanophloeos
Myrsine melanophloeos
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Myrsine melanophloeos is an evergreen shrub or tree growing from 3 - 18 metres tall and producing suckers to form clumps[295,308]. The plant is gathered from the wild for local medicinal use. The timber is also used locally.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWidespread through tropical Africa, south to S. Africa.
HabitatIn relict moist evergreen montane forest and kloof forest[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].