Hugonia spicata
Oliv.
Linaceae Edible: Bark, Stem - drink
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Description
A woody creeper with hairy young branches, native to tropical rainforests of West Africa.
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Edible Uses
The bark and stems are used to make a drink.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the rain-forest in West Africa,
Where It Grows
Africa, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo DR, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, West Africa,
Notes
Also put in the family Hugoniaceae.
References (4)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3. Kew.
- The Digital Flora of Central Africa, 2013, (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda & Burundi) Botanical Garden Meise (As var. glabrescens)
- Wilczek, R.,1 958, Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi: Linaceae. vol. 7, p. 50
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
