Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Croton steenkampianus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Croton steenkampianus is a shrub or tree that can grow up to 7 metres tall but is more likely to be 1 - 4.5 metres tall[ 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. , 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 tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Tanzania, Mozambique, S. Africa.

HabitatCoastal semi-evergreen woodland; Androstachys johnsonii woodland; wooded grassland with Entandrophragma, Combretum, Pteleopsis, Vitex, Croton gratissimus; at elevations from 150 - 350 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. ].