Primulaceae FAMILY
Embelia rowlandii
Embelia rowlandii
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Embelia rowlandii is an evergreen climbing shrub The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Senegal and Guinea, east to Nigeria, Cameroon and Central African Republic
HabitatClimbing over vegetation besides streams in the savannah zone[ 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/ ].,