Passifloraceae FAMILY

Barteria fistulosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

The branches become hollow and cylindrical, and are inhabited by large, aggressive, stinging ants[ 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. , 736 Title Flora of West Tropical Africa Publication Author Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=2025 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online flora, not yet complet (2012). Very comprehensive as regards to species covered, but the information on each species is often rather terse. ]

Botanical Description

Barteria fistulosa is a tree growing up to 13 metres tall. It has horizontal branches that are hollow over their full length and usually house aggressive, stinging ants. The tree is deeply taprooted[ 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. ]. A popular medicine within the plants native range, the tree is harvested from the wild for local use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria to Gabon and DR Congo.

HabitatForest openings and secondary forest[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. Lowland rainforest and gallery forest, also in secondary forest, often in clearings or along rivers[ 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. ].