Fabaceae FAMILY

Griffonia tessmannii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Griffonia tessmannii is a climbing shrub. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, DR Congo.

HabitatGallery forest; riverine forest formations[ 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. ].