Uvaria lucida

Botanical Description

Uvaria lucida is usually a shrub growing 1.2 - 4.5 metres tall, though sometimes it adopts a climbing habit producing stems up to 7 metres long[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a source of food and wood. There are probably a wide variety of threats throughout its range, with loss of habitat due to agricultural expansion being the prime one. These threats, however, are not thought to be significant enough to cause concern. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].