Malvaceae FAMILY
Leptonychia batangensis
Leptonychia batangensis
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Leptonychia batangensis is a small, evergreen tree growing around 6 metres tall. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWestern tropical Africa - Cameroon to DR Congo.
HabitatRainforest[ 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/ ].