Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Tetrorchidium didymostemon

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tetrorchidium didymostemon is an evergreen shrub or a tree, sometimes adopting a climbing habit; it can grow up to 25 metres tall, with drooping branches. The bole can be 60cm or more 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. , 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/ ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials. It is potentially useful as a pioneer species for restoring woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Guinea Bissau to Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Angola.

HabitatSecondary forest, at forest edges or along rivers, lakesides and swamps, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,700 metres[ 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. ].