Rubiaceae FAMILY
Psydrax livida
Psydrax livida
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Psydrax livida is a shrub or a tree growing from 1 - 8 metres tall[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and to provide beads for the insides of rattles.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAfrica - Congo, DR Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, S. Africa.
HabitatMiombo woodlands and mixed deciduous woodlands, often below escarpments, on hillsides and rocky outcrops; also in thickets in miombo woodland on sandy soil; in mixed evergreen forest and riverine vegetation; at elevations from 300 - 1,600 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. ].