Apocynaceae FAMILY
Secamone stuhlmannii
Secamone stuhlmannii
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Secamone stuhlmannii is a climbing shrub, twining into the surrounding vegetation. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, emergency food and source of tying material.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi.
HabitatRiverine bushland and thickets, at elevations from 800 - 1,700 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. ].