Boraginaceae FAMILY

Cordia goetzei

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cordia goetzei is a small tree, occasionally a scandent shrub, usually growing around 2 - 15 metres tall, occasionally reaching 18 metres. The trunk and branches are irregularly fluted, often square in section, and sometimes with buttresses[ 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. , 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Africa - southern Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique

HabitatEvergreen coastal forest, rain-forest, riverine forest and thicket ground-water forest; at elevations up to 1,350 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. ]