Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Alchornea hirtella

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Alchornea hirtella is a spindly, climbing to straggling shrub or small tree that can grow up to 9 metres, sometimes even to 12 metres tall[ 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 occasionally develops into a much-branched tree up to 15 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, also supplying material for basket making, plant supports and construction.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Uganda and Kenya, south to Angola, Zambia, Mozambique and S. Africa.

HabitatThe spray zone of waterfalls; often gregarious in the understorey of evergreen forest; it is also found in secondary forest and riverine forest; sometimes also in associated bushland; at elevations from 400 - 2,500 metres[ 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. ].