Agonandra obtusifolia

Botanical Description

Agonandra obtusifolia is a shrub or small tree, usually growing 1 - 5 metres tall but occasional specimens up to 8 metres tall are found. The plant is often compact, with many lateral branches and stiff, thorn-like branchlets[ 733 Title Opiliaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 12: 1-71 Publication Author Hiepko P. Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève; Switze Year 2008 ISBN 978-2-8277-0451-4 Description An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is often used as a living fence within its native range.