Rubiaceae FAMILY

Vangueria esculenta

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Vangueria esculenta is an evergreen shrub or a tree growing 2 - 10 metres tall. The edible fruit is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.

HabitatAn understorey plant in evergreen forests at elevations from 1,100 - 1,800 metres, occasionally found as low as 200 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].