Pandaceae FAMILY

Microdesmis puberula

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Microdesmis puberula is usually a shrub growing up to 6 metres tall, though it sometimes becomes a small tree up to 15 metres tall[ 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 stem is up to 8cm 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 a widely used traditional medicine, it is also used locally for food and as a source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria to Central African Republic and Uganda, south to D.R. Congo.

HabitatPrimary and secondary forest and at forest edges, also in fallow land, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,100 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. ].