Apocynaceae FAMILY

Pachycarpus schinzianus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant contains bitter-tasting glycosides. Although browsed plants are frequently encountered in the wild, experiments have shown the plants to be poisonous to sheep and guinea-pigs, which have died within one to two days after consuming the plants[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ].

Botanical Description

Pachycarpus schinzianus is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing several unbranched, erect, annual stems 30 - 60cm tall from an underground rootstock[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - southern Zimbabwe, S. Africa.

HabitatGrasslands[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ].