Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Mareya brevipes

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Mareya brevipes is a shrub or a tree usually growing from 2 - 6 metres tall. The bole can be 3 - 13cm in diameter[ 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 RangeTropical Africa - Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo.

HabitatRiverine and secondary forest; periodically flooded forest; forest with Gilbertiodendron dewevrei or Scorodophloeus zenkeri, or Cynometra, Khaya; gallery; forest patches; savannah near forest on clayey soil; at elevations up to 1,500 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. ].