Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Macaranga angolensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Macaranga angolensis is a spiny, climbing shrub or sometimes an erect tree; it usually grows up to 6 metres tall, occasionally to 9 metres or more. The bole is around 25 - 37mm in diameter, both the bole and the branches are beset with blunt spines[ 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 harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Uganda, Angola.

HabitatVery dense and shaded areas in forests; forests along lake-shores; dense wooded thickets close to streams; gallery forest; avoiding places once cultivated and afterwards in secondary woods; at elevations from 700 - 1,220 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. , 544 Title Cataloge of African Plants Collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853 - 1861 Publication Author Hiern. W.P. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Longmans & Co.; London. Year 1898 ISBN Description In 6 volumes, it gives botanical descriptions and some uses of the plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].