Boraginaceae FAMILY

Tournefortia acuminata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tournefortia acuminata is a shrub or small tree[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. The plant is considered to be rare and vulnerable in Réunion, and to be in need of protection, though it has not yet been eveluated in the IUCN List of Endangered Species[ 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. , K Title Plants for a Future Author Ken Fern Description Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Réunion.

HabitatHumid forests[ 605 Title Flore de L'Ile de la Reunion Publication Author E. Jacob De Cordemoy Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Librairie Medicale & Scientifique; Paris. Year 1895 ISBN Description Not really a flora, more a list of the plants known at that time. It often includes a brief description of habit and habitat, plus the local uses of the plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].