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General Information

Thecacoris spathulifolia is a shrub with straight branches that are often erect and parallel; it can grow up to 2 metres tall[].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

East tropical Africa - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar.

Habitat

Dry evergreen woodland, miombo woodland, wooded grassland and thickets, often on sandy soil; at elevations up to 700 metres[].

Properties

Medicinal Rating
Habit	Shrub
Height	1.50 m
Self-fertile	No
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[].

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

The roots are soaked in water and the resulting liquid is drunk to cure a hernia[]. Fresh roots are chewed and the juice swallowed to treat tonsilitis[]. A small root is chewed and the juice swallowed or roots are boiled for half an hour and the warm liquid is drunk to treat snakebites[].

A decoction of the stem bark is drunk to treat abdominal pain and gonorrhoea[].

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -

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