Scrophulariaceae FAMILY

Halleria lucida

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Halleria lucida is an evergreen, erect to straggling shrub or a small tree with a spreading crown. In more exposed situations it is generally a stocky or shrubby tree that reaches a height of just 2 - 5 metres, but in well watered, protected situations it can reach up to 12 metres tall, whilst in forests it can grow up to 20 metres[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ]. The plant is gathered from the wild, mainly for its edible fruit and medicinal uses. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 364 Title Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. Publication Author Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D Website http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm Publisher Frontier Year 0 ISBN 1-873070-33-0 Description A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEastern and southern Africa - Ethiopia south to Angola, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and S. Africa.

HabitatMontane forests and slopes to river margins and gallery forests[ 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. ]. Coastal and karroid scrub, deep evergreen forest, forest margins, forested ravines, rocky mountain slopes, near rivers and on stream banks in S. Africa[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ].