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Boraginaceae FAMILY

Hilsenbergia nemoralis

Hilsenbergia nemoralis

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hilsenbergia nemoralis is often a shrub growing up to 2.5 metres tall, though it can also become a tree up to 7.5 metres, occasionally to 12 metres tall. The plant is occasionally scandent; the stems are often hollow[ 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. , 364 Title Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. Publication Author Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D Website http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm Publisher Frontier Year 0 ISBN 1-873070-33-0 Description A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet. , 515 Title Flora of Tropical Africa Vol 1 - 8 Publication Author Var Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher L.Reeve & Co.; Ashford, Kent. Year 1868 - 1917 ISBN Description Very little information on habitat, range and uses, but gives good descriptions of the plants. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique.
HabitatDry coastal forest, littoral scrub vegetation and on coral cliffs, just above the high-tide mark and sand dunes, also found further inland[ 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. ].