Rubiaceae FAMILY

Vangueria ferruginea

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Vangueria ferruginea is a dwarf shrub with few or no branches, growing from 30 - 50cm 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 of its edible fruit.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - DR Congo, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana.

HabitatDeep sands[ 775 Title Gemsbok Bean and Kalahari Truffle Publication Author Leffers A. Publisher Gamsberg MacMillan; Namibia. Year 2003 ISBN 99916-0-491-X Description Details of the traditional uses of over 200 species of plants in northeastern Namibia. Written for the non-expert, there is usually at least one photograph with each plant entry. ]. Rocky thickets[ 544 Title Cataloge of African Plants Collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853 - 1861 Publication Author Hiern. W.P. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Longmans & Co.; London. Year 1898 ISBN Description In 6 volumes, it gives botanical descriptions and some uses of the plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].