Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Sclerocroton integerrimus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sclerocroton integerrimus is a shrub or a tree with pendulous branches; it can grow from 2 - 8 metres tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood and tannins.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Guinea, DR Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, S. Africa.

HabitatOpen Uapaca woodland; wooded grassland with Brachystegia, Sterculia, Adansonia; often dry forest and associated thicket or wooded grassland; sometimes riverine; at elevations from 100 - 910 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].