Rubiaceae FAMILY
Psychotria leptophylla
Psychotria leptophylla
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Psychotria leptophylla is a shrub that can grow up to 2.5 metres tall[ 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Cote D'Ivoire, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo.
HabitatAn understorey shrub in the forest[ 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. ].