Ebenaceae FAMILY

Euclea natalensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Euclea natalensis is a very variable, evergreen plant, ranging from a small shrub up to a moderately large tree with a spreading crown and a bole 20cm or more in diameter. It grows from 2 - 18 metres tall[ 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a dye plant, tooth cleaner and for medicinal purposes.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia and Kenya south to S. Africa.

HabitatCoastal thicket, often subjected to salt spray, bushland, thicket and scrub forest, at elevations from sea level to around 1,500 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. ].