Proteaceae FAMILY

Protea madiensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Protea madiensis is a shrub or small tree, usually growing 1 - 4 metres tall but occasionally to 6 metres. The erect bole can be 12cm 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Guinea to Ethiopia, south to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

HabitatLowland to upland savannah[ 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/ ]. Upland grassland at elevations from 1,500 - 2,280 metres; sometimes in miombo woodland at elevations from 500 - 1,500 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. ].