Thymelaeaceae FAMILY

Gnidia subcordata

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gnidia subcordata is a much-branched, straggling shrub with slender branches; it can grow up to 4 metres tall. Occasionally it can become a small tree[ 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 is harvested from the wild for local use of its fibre and wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast tropical Africa - southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, S. Africa.

HabitatDry evergreen forest and associated bushland and margins; Acacia woodland; wooded grassland; at elevations from 1,400 - 2,400 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. ].