Passifloraceae FAMILY

Paropsia brazzaeana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Paropsia brazzaeana can be a many-stemmed shrublet growing up to 1 metre tall from a rhizomatous rootstock, or it can become a shrub up to 4 metres tall with a short bole 5cm in diameter[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, DR CongoZambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe.

HabitatWoodland, forest and thickets on Kalahari sand or clayey soils; fringing, gallery and secondary forests; at elevations up to 1,600 metres[ 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. ].