Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Bridelia cathartica

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Bridelia cathartica is a very variable plant. It can range from a scrambling or erect, single- or many-stemmed, much branched shrub or a small tree growing up to 7 metres tall. Tree forms have a dense rounded crown and horizontal or pendent branches[ 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 leaves and fruits are harvested from the wild for local food use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEastern and southern Africa - Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique.

HabitatOn sandy soil and dunes, in coastal bush, littoral scrub and dune woodland and forest, also in secondary forest and old cultivations at elevations from near sea level to 345 metres[ 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. ].