Urticaceae FAMILY

Urera oblongifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant is armed with stinging hairs[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Urera oblongifolia is a climbing shrub that can produce slender stems 15 - 20 metres long. It grows into the surrounding vegetation, where it attaches itself by means of adventitious roots[ 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 food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Senegal to Ghana.

HabitatDense primary forests and also in the more open secondary formations; epiphytic; regrowth; forest gallery with Parinari excelsa; plateau with Salacia alpestris, Cissus petiolata, Justicia flava; at elevations from 475 - 1,600 metres[ 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. ].