Apocynaceae FAMILY

Dregea schimperi

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

In Somalia the plant is considered poisonous to stock, causing animals to stand stiffly, to shake and have diarrhoea[ 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. ]. Death follows in most cases[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].

Botanical Description

Dregea schimperi is a climbing plant, producing stems up to 15 metres long that scramble over the ground or twine into the surrounding vegetation[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of a tying material.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Cameroon, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola; Arabia - Yemen.

HabitatScrubby savannah[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].