Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Antidesma laciniatum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Antidesma laciniatum is sometimes no more than a shrub 2 - 3 metres tall but can also develop into a tree with a spreading crown; it can grow 7 - 15 metres tall. The bole is crooked, usually branched from near the base, and around 10 - 35cm in diameter[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Sudan and Uganda, south to Gabon and DR Congo.

HabitatRain forests, moist deciduous forests, secondary forests, edges of forest patches and fallow fields at elevations from 200 - 1,275 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. , 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/ ].