Anacardiaceae FAMILY
Sorindeia warneckei
Sorindeia warneckei
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Sorindeia warneckei is an evergreen climbing shrub or a small tree[ 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and dye.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to southern Nigeria.
HabitatForest understorey or in secondary jungle[ 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/ ].