Proteaceae FAMILY

Faurea rochetiana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Faurea rochetiana is a deciduous shrub or small tree with a crooked habit and spreading crown, that can grow up to 10 metres tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its timber.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - drier areas of Ghana to N Nigeria, east to Kenya, south to S. Africa.

HabitatBrachystegia deciduous woodland, Loudetia wooded grassland, rocky Protea bushland; at elevations of 900 - 2,400 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].