Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Grossera macrantha

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Grossera macrantha is a shrub or a tree; it usually grows up to 6 metres tall, though specimens up to 20 metres have been recorded. The fluted bole can be up to 35cm 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. , 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 plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo.

HabitatAn understorey plant in dense rainforest and periodically inundated rainforest; it is also found as a pioneer species in forest gaps; at elevations from sea level up to 450 metres[ 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. ].