Stilbaceae FAMILY

Nuxia oppositifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Nuxia oppositifolia is an evergreen shrub or a tree; it usually grows 1 - 15 metres tall, but can grow up to 20 metres. It has a slender, elegant shape, with thin, slightly weeping branches. The bole is often gnarled, it can be 10 - 60cm in diameter and is often rather fluted[ 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. , 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. , 364 Title Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. Publication Author Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D Website http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm Publisher Frontier Year 0 ISBN 1-873070-33-0 Description A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It is probably suitable for growing as a clipped hedge.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEastern and southern Africa - Eritrea to Somalia, south to Tanzania; Angola, Zambia andMozambique south to S. Africa; Madagascar; Arabian Peninsula.

HabitatRiverine forest[ 364 Title Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. Publication Author Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D Website http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm Publisher Frontier Year 0 ISBN 1-873070-33-0 Description A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet. ]. Along water courses, in riverine bush, in gorges or valleys and sometimes in relict subtropical forests in S. Africa. It also sometimes grows in between rocks in the actual riverbed[ 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. ].