Santalaceae FAMILY

Osyridicarpos schimperianus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Osyridicarpos schimperianus is a pendant, scrambling or climbing, hemi-parasitic shrub with many ascending branches; the stems can be 1 - 5 metres long[ 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. , 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. The leaves and stems are traded by traditional medicine sellers in S. Africa, but the use appears to be undocumented[ 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 RangeEastern Africa - Eritrea to S. Africa.

HabitatDry slopes with open scrub, evergreen scrub hedges; upland dry evergreen forest and associated bushland; less often in wetter forests, along rivers, deciduous bushland; forest margins and understorey; miombo woodland; termite mounds[ 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. ].