Thymelaeaceae FAMILY

Dais glaucescens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dais glaucescens is a shrub or small tree growing up to 8 metres tall. The bole can be up to 25cm in diameter[ 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. ]. The bark is harvested from the wild as a local source of fibre for making paper, string etc.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Madagascar.

HabitatForests, usually near water, at elevations around 1,000 metres[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. Forest, particularly by the coast; on bare mountains and near water[ 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. ].