Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Tragia brevipes

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant has stinging hairs[ 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

Tragia brevipes is a straggly, climbing or occasionally erect plant with more or less woody stems from 1 - 4.5 metres long. The stems usually scramble over the ground and twine into the surrounding vegetation[ 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - ?Cameroon, DR Congo, Ethiopia, ?Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

HabitatRiverine vegetation, along lake shores, in thickets and in high rainfall Brachystegia woodland, at elevations from sea-level up to 2,150 metres[ 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. ].