Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Excoecaria bussei

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant sap is considered poisonous, and cattle do not browse the plant[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Excoecaria bussei is a deciduous shrub or tree, sometimes multistemmed, with spreading branches and a dense, rounded crown; it can grow 2.5 - 6 metres tall with occasional specimens to 13 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. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana.

HabitatDeciduous woodland, bushland, wooded grassland; sometimes riverine or along rocky scarps; thicket; banks of seasonal watercourses in Baikiaea mutemwa; coastal dune forest and thicket; locally common; at elevations up to 1,300 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. ].