Thymelaeaceae FAMILY

Gnidia glauca

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The bark is made into arrow poison. It is boiled in water for several hours and the residue is smeared on arrow tips[ 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, bark and leaves are used as a fish poison[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Gnidia glauca is a large, much-branched shrub that can grow up to 6 metres tall, or can become a tree that grows up to 15 metres tall, exceptionally to 24 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, source of fibre and insecticide. It is a good kindling for starting fires.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria to Sudan, south to Malawi and Zambia; E. Asia - southern India, Sri Lanka.

HabitatForest margins and associated bushland or wooded grassland, on rocky grassy slopes and around stream beds; sometimes locally dominant in secondary forest; at elevations from 950 - 3,300 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. ].