Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Tragia tenuifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant has some stinging hairs, though less than many other species in this genus[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].

Botanical Description

Tragia tenuifoliais a climbing perennial plant with stems that can become more or less woody and twine into the surrounding vegetation for support[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal uses.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Guinea to Sudan and Uganda, south to Zambia, Zimbabwe.

HabitatAn understorey plant in mixed evergreen rainforest[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].