Rubiaceae FAMILY
Paederia bojeriana
Paederia bojeriana
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Paederia bojeriana is a foetid-smelling, climbing shrub producing slender, flexuous branches that can be several metres long[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a dye.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeEastern tropical Africa - Tanzania, south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique, to Madagascar.
HabitatIn scrub, woodland or forest, often riverine, at elevations of 50 - 1,100 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].