Lamiaceae FAMILY
Clerodendrum polycephalum
Clerodendrum polycephalum
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Clerodendrum polycephalum is an erect to climbing shrub that can grow up to 4.5 metres tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Nigeria and Cameroon
HabitatSavannah and closed forest[ 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/ ].