Psydrax livida
(Hiern) Bridson
Rubiaceae
Canthium clityophyllum Bullock
Canthium gymnosporioides Launert
Canthium huillense Hiern
Canthium junodii (Burtt Davy) Burtt Davy
Canthium lividum Hiern
Canthium syringodorum (K.Schum.) Bullock
Canthium wildii (Suess.) Codd
Plectronia heliotropiodora K.Schum. & K.Krause
Plectronia huillensis (Hiern) K.Schum.
Plectronia junodii Burtt Davy
Plectronia livida (Hiern) K.Schum.
Plectronia syringodora K.Schum.
Plectronia wildii Suess.
Common Name:
Small tree growing on a rocky ridge at Seringveld near Pretoria, South Africa
Photograph by: JMK
Small tree growing on a rocky ridge at Seringveld near Pretoria, South Africa
Photograph by: JMK
Flowers
Photograph by: JMK
General Information
Psydrax livida is a shrub or a tree growing from 1 - 8 metres tall[
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- Flora Zambesiaca
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- 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.
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The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and to provide beads for the insides of rattles.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
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- Flora Zambesiaca
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- http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html
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- 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.
Range
Africa - Congo, DR Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, S. Africa.
Habitat
Miombo woodlands and mixed deciduous woodlands, often below escarpments, on hillsides and rocky outcrops; also in thickets in miombo woodland on sandy soil; in mixed evergreen forest and riverine vegetation; at elevations from 300 - 1,600 metres[
308- Title
- Flora Zambesiaca
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html
- Publisher
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- Year
- 0
- ISBN
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- 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.
].
Properties
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 5.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Found in the wild on sandy ridges and dunes[
775- Title
- Gemsbok Bean and Kalahari Truffle
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- Leffers A.
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- Gamsberg MacMillan; Namibia.
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- 2003
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- 99916-0-491-X
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- Details of the traditional uses of over 200 species of plants in northeastern Namibia. Written for the non-expert, there is usually at least one photograph with each plant entry.
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Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
A decoction of the roots is used in the treatment of chest pains[
775- Title
- Gemsbok Bean and Kalahari Truffle
- Publication
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- Author
- Leffers A.
- Publisher
- Gamsberg MacMillan; Namibia.
- Year
- 2003
- ISBN
- 99916-0-491-X
- Description
- Details of the traditional uses of over 200 species of plants in northeastern Namibia. Written for the non-expert, there is usually at least one photograph with each plant entry.
].
Other Uses
The fruits are about 7mm in diameter. Rather hard, they are dried and used as the rattle inside the dried fruit shells of Strychnos species[
775- Title
- Gemsbok Bean and Kalahari Truffle
- Publication
-
- Author
- Leffers A.
- Publisher
- Gamsberg MacMillan; Namibia.
- Year
- 2003
- ISBN
- 99916-0-491-X
- Description
- Details of the traditional uses of over 200 species of plants in northeastern Namibia. Written for the non-expert, there is usually at least one photograph with each plant entry.
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Ajna Fern
with help from
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