Strychnos dale
De Wild.
Loganiaceae
Common Name:
General Information
Strychnos dale is a climbing shrub with robust stems that can be 30 - 50 metres long or more and climb up to 40 metres high into neighbouring trees, attaching itself by means of tendrils[
2064- Title
- Loganiaceae
- Publication
- Flore d’Afrique centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), Spermatophytes
- Author
- Leeuwenberg A.J.M. & Bamps P.
- Website
- http://10.5281/zenodo.4569937
- Publisher
- Meise, Jardin botanique national de Belgique
- Year
- 1979
- ISBN
-
- Description
- This publication, along with many other from the Flore d’Afrique centrale, has been made available as a PDF document under a Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-NC-SA)
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
2064- Title
- Loganiaceae
- Publication
- Flore d’Afrique centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), Spermatophytes
- Author
- Leeuwenberg A.J.M. & Bamps P.
- Website
- http://10.5281/zenodo.4569937
- Publisher
- Meise, Jardin botanique national de Belgique
- Year
- 1979
- ISBN
-
- Description
- This publication, along with many other from the Flore d’Afrique centrale, has been made available as a PDF document under a Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-NC-SA)
Range
West tropical Africa - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, Angola
Habitat
Rainforests, secondary forests, gallery forests; at elevations up to 860 metres[
2064- Title
- Loganiaceae
- Publication
- Flore d’Afrique centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), Spermatophytes
- Author
- Leeuwenberg A.J.M. & Bamps P.
- Website
- http://10.5281/zenodo.4569937
- Publisher
- Meise, Jardin botanique national de Belgique
- Year
- 1979
- ISBN
-
- Description
- This publication, along with many other from the Flore d’Afrique centrale, has been made available as a PDF document under a Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-NC-SA)
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Habit | Climber |
| Height | 20.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
The pulp of ripe fruit is eaten raw[
335- Title
- Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics : an Inventory
- Publication
-
- Author
- Martin, F. W.; Campbell, C. W.; Rubertbe, R. M.
- Publisher
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
- Year
- 1987
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A booklet giving terse details of almost 300 species of edible fruits, plus regional lists of Botanical and Common names for over 2,500 less well-known edible fruits of the tropics.
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
