Pleiocarpa mutica

Botanical Description

Pleiocarpa mutica is an evergreen shrub or a tree, occasionally adopting a more climbing habit. It usually grows up to 7.5 metres tall, but up to 9 metres when climbing. The slender stem is only 1.5 - 5cm 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. ]. Pleiocarpa mutica is locally well appreciated as a medicinal plant and is commonly harvested from the wild. Products made from it are a valuable commodity at local markets[ 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. ]. The plant has clusters of white, sweet-scented, tubular flowers which make it ornamental and worthy of cultivation[ 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. , 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/ ].