Rubiaceae FAMILY

Chassalia kolly

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Chassalia kolly is a soft-stemmed shrub growing up to 3 metres tall. The leaves are occasionally harvested from the wild for local food use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Cameroon, south to Gabon and Congo.

HabitatForests and riparian forests[ 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/ , 617 Title Traditional Vegetables in Benin Publication Author Achigan-Dako E. Et al Publisher Darwin Initiative; International Foundation for Science Year 2009 ISBN Description Issued as a PDF on the Internet, it contains basic information on over 250 species of plants used for food in Benin. ].