Apocynaceae FAMILY

Petchia erythrocarpa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Petchia erythrocarpa is usually an evergreen shrub growing from 2 - 5 metres tall, or rarely becoming more tree-like and up to 10 metres tall[ 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. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Madagascar, the Comoros.

HabitatSeasonal forests, dry forests, gallery forest, savannah and also occasionally in rainforests[ 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. ]. In some areas the plant is found in soils that are inundated during the rainy season[ 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. ].