Rubiaceae FAMILY
Leptactina senegambica
Leptactina senegambica
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Leptactina senegambica is a shrub[ 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/ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its essential oil and timber, which are used locally.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWestern tropical Africa - Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mali.
HabitatRocky upland[ 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/ ].