Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Tragia okanyua

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant has stinging hairs on the leaves[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].

Botanical Description

Tragia okanyua is a climbing plant with more or less woody stems up to 3 metres long from a woody rootstock. The plant scrambles over the ground, twining into the surrounding vegetation for support[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe.

HabitatRiverine vegetation and rocky outcrops; mopane woodland; deciduous woodland on Kalahari Sand; plateau woodland and lakeshore thicket; at elevations from sea level to 1,350 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].