Rubiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Hyperacanthus amoenus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hyperacanthus amoenus is a spiny shrub or a small tree that can grow up to 8.5 metres tall[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials Hyperacanthus amoenus has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern and eastern Africa - Mozambique, Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal, S. Africa

HabitatOpen hillsides, in scrub bush; moist wooded kloofs and closed forests[ 1926 Title Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters Publication Strelitzia 6; 1-681 Author Retief E. & Herman P.P.J. Publisher National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. Year 1997 ISBN 1-874907-30-7 Description ].