Rubiaceae FAMILY
Fadogia tetraquetra
Fadogia tetraquetra
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Fadogia tetraquetra is a perennial plant with up to seven, basically unbranched, more or less woody stems growing 20 - 120cm tall from a fairly stout rhizome[ 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 edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local consumption.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - scattered from Guinea to Central African Republic, DR Congo and Tanzania, south to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland.
HabitatOpen grassland, burnt hillslopes, old cultivations and Brachystegia woodland, on sandy soil at elevations from 1,200 - 1,740 metres[ 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. ].