Rubiaceae FAMILY

Psychotria eminiana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Psychotria eminiana is a sparsely branched, perennial plant with stems that can become more or less woody - it can then become much more shrub or tree-like in appearance. It can grow from 15 - 500cm tall, the glabrous to pubescent stems arising from a woody rhizome[ 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. , 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 use as a food - especially during the dry season when variety is restricted. The plant is also used locally as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic. Chad, Sudan, DR Congo, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique.

HabitatDeciduous thicket, Brachystegia woodland and derived open bushland, usually on dry burnt ground or stony hills but sometimes riverine, at elevations from 500 - 1,650 metres[ 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. , 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. ].