Canthium inerme
Rubiaceae FAMILY

Canthium inerme

Canthium inerme

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Turkey berry is an evergreen shrub or tree growing from 1 - 10 metres tall with occasional specimens up to 14 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. ]. Plants are often armed with paired supra-axillary spines and are occasionally said to be scandent, [ 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. ]. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and for its wood[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ]. It is also becoming increasingly cultivated as an ornamental[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeSouthern Africa - S. Africa north to Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
HabitatEvergreen rain forest patches and forest margins, also in woodland, often near streams, and on rocky outcrops, from sea level to elevations of 2,130 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. ].