Bixaceae FAMILY

Cochlospermum angolense

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cochlospermum angolense is a shrub or small tree, usually growing from 3 - 7 metres tall, but sometimes smaller[ 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 seeds are gathered from the wild for local use as a dye[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWestern tropical Africa - Angola and southern Congo.

HabitatDry woodland, grass-grown thickets or savannahs; rocky, sometimes loamy soil usually at elevations from 700 - 1,800 metres, but sometimes as low as 400 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. ].