Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Sclerocroton cornutus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The root bark is used medicinally, though it contains toxic tetracyclic triterpenic cucurbitacins[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Sclerocroton cornutus is a shrub or a tree; it can grow from 1.5 - 12 metres tall, with reports of some trees occasionally reaching 20 metres. The bole can be 8 - 30cm in diameter[ 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. , 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, mainly for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Cote D'Ivoire, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique.

HabitatDense rainforests and gallery forest edges; more open secondary formations; wooded savannah; on Kalahari sand in thickets in open woodland; especially on sandy soils, but also on rocky hill slopes[ 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. , 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. ].