Duparquetia orchidacea

Botanical Description

Duparquetia orchidacea is a vigorous shrub or small tree. As a tree it can grow around 8 metres tall, but will often scramble into the surrounding vegetation, where it can reach into the canopy layer of the forest[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a drink, medicine and source of fibre. It might be worthy of cultivation as an ornamental for the sake of its showy pink and white flowers[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].