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Useful Tropical Plants

Psydrax livida

(Hiern) Bridson

Rubiaceae

+ Synonyms

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:

Psydrax livida
Small tree growing on a rocky ridge at Seringveld near Pretoria, South Africa
Photograph by: JMK
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Psydrax livida Psydrax livida

General Information

Psydrax livida is a shrub or a tree growing from 1 - 8 metres tall[
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.
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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

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.

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
 
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.
].

Properties

Medicinal Rating *  *
Other Uses Rating *  *
HabitTree
Height5.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details


Found in the wild on sandy ridges and dunes[
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.
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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
 
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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