Ehretia coerulea
Gurke
Purple stamperwood
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Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows from low altitudes to 1600 m. It is often near rivers and on termite mounds.
Africa, Botswana, East Africa, Ethiopia, Namibia, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
An erect shrub. It grows up to 8 m tall. The leaves are softly hairy underneath and rough above. The fruit are red berries. They are less than 5 mm across.
Notes
There are about 50 Ehretia species.
Names & Synonyms
Mubkuyu-cuulu
References (1)
- FAO, 1988, Traditional Food Plants, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 42. FAO Rome p 262
