Caesalpinia volkensii

Botanical Description

Caesalpinia volkensii is a climbing shrub with straggling stems that are armed with recurved and straight prickles 2 - 4 mm long[ 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 is used in traditional medicine and as a dye plant, usually harvested from the wild though it is occasionally planted near homesteads[ 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. ]. It is traded as a medicine on a local scale, and occasionally exported to neighbouring countries[ 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. ]. Habitat destruction and over-exploitation are potential threats since, although widespread, the plant is apparently nowhere common[ 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. ].