Malvaceae FAMILY

Desplatsia subericarpa

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Desplatsia subericarpa is a shrub or a small tree growing up to 10 metres tall. The bole is around 4 - 10cm in diameter[ 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 as a food and source of dyes, fibre and insect repellent.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - wetter regions from Sierra Leone to Cameroon and DR Congo, south to northern Angola.

HabitatUnderstorey of dense, evergreen, often secondary forest, and along rivers, damp sites; at elevations up to 600 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. , 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. ].