Rubiaceae FAMILY

Rothmannia capensis

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rothmannia capensis is a shrub or small tree with very attractive, sweetly-scented, bell-shaped flowers, growing from 2.4 - 20 metres tall[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. , 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 gathered from the wild for local medicinal use, and is also often grown as an ornamental[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - S. Africa, Botswana, Swaziland.

HabitatRocky outcrops, in ravines and on escarpments, in evergreen forest and forest margins at elevations of 1,000 - 1,500 metres[ 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. ].