Boraginaceae FAMILY

Ehretia cymosa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The people in some areas of Africa consider the roots and leaves to be toxic to grazing animals, but the leaves are grazed without reports of adverse effects in other areas on the continent[ 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. , 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

Ehretia cymosa is a deciduous shrub or small tree, only growing up to 7 metres tall in the western parts of its range, but can sometimes reach heights of 20 - 25 metres elsewhere. The crown is spreading, often with drooping branches. The bole is often crooked and branching from low down, it can be up to 30cm in diameter[ 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. , 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 tree has a number of uses, supplying medicines, food and wood for the local population. It has potential for use as a pioneer to restore native woodland and is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Ethiopia and Kenya, south to Congo, DR Congo, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Madagascar.

HabitatFound in a wide range of habitats including the understorey or at edges of evergreen forest and in riverine forest, forest patches, bushland and wooded savannah, at elevations up to 2,400 metres[ 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. ].