Thymelaeaceae FAMILY

Gnidia kraussiana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The whole plant is poisonous - it has been used as a fish poison and also for criminal poisoning[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ].

Botanical Description

Gnidia kraussiana is a sub-shrub, sending up annual to perennial stems up to 3 metres tall from a woody, perennial rootstock[ 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 gathered from the wild for medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Guinea to Sudan and Kenya, south to S. Africa.

HabitatOpen grassland, commonly following recent burning; Brachystegia, Uapaca woodland; rocky banks; grassy savannah; open forest; top of hills; rocky, muddy, granitic, lateritic or quartz, sandy soil; at elevations of 400 - 2,140 metres[ 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. ].