Lamiaceae FAMILY

Volkameria acerbiana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Volkameria acerbiana is an erect or climbing shrub with long stems; it can grow from 1 - 3 metres tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeCentral and east Africa - Chad, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania

HabitatAcacia woodland and scrub, riverine forest remnants, sand-dunes; at elevations up to about 180 metres[ 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ]. Dry savannah and on riverine alluvium[ 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/ ].