Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Argomuellera macrophylla

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

In Kenya the honey from the flowers is considered to be poisonous, causing joint problems[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Argomuellera macrophylla is a usually unbranched shrub or small tree, usually growing up to 4 metres tall but occasionally to 9 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. ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Ethiopia and Kenya, south to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

HabitatForest undergrowth, often in drier types of forest in west Africa whilst in East Africa it is often in riverine forest and dry evergreen lakeshore forest; at elevations up to 1,300 metres, occasionally to 1,850 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. ].