Malvaceae FAMILY
Sparrmannia ricinocarpa
Sparrmannia ricinocarpa
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Sparrmannia ricinocarpa is a much-branched perennial plant with slender stems that become more or less woody. It can grow up to 3 metres tall, sometimes adopting a scrambling habit of growth[ 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 source of fibre.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAfrica - Nigeria, Angola; eastern Africa from Eritrea, Ethiopia, south to S. Africa, Madagascar.
HabitatEdges, clearings in forest, secondary forest and scrub; grassland with bush-clumps and with patches of Arundinaria and Hagenia; persisting in hedges and in Eucalyptus plantations; gallery forest; savannah; fallow; at elevations 1,200 - 3,300 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. ].