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Psydrax schimperianus

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(A. Richard) Bridson

Common Names

• Zadak (Tigre)

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mali
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Saudi Arabia
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Yemen
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Evergreen nearly glabrous shrub, climber or tree with glabrous leaves to 60mm x 32mm. Whitish or yellow flowers to 5mm long in umbels, glabrous calyx, corolla glabrous outside hairy inside with 5 lobes. Wrinkled fruit to 6mm long.

Further References

• Jstor
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew