Primulaceae FAMILY

Embelia boivinii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Embelia boivinii is a robust, evergreen climbing plant, though in open areas it can be more shrub-like with slender, somewhat prostrate branches[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Madagascar, Comoros

HabitatMoist forests with a distinct dry season[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ].