Guiera senegalensis

Inflorescence and leaves of Guiera senegalensis

Guiera senegalensis is the only species of the genus Guiera within the family of wing seed plants ( Combretaceae ). It grows in the Sahel and Sudan zone from Senegal to the Central African Republic.

Description

Guiera senegalensis grows as a shrub, reaching heights of growth of about 1 to 2 meters. The against-constant leaves are short-stalked and the blue-green, ovate to elliptic leaf blade is covered with numerous black glandular dots.

The cream- white to yellowish flowers are in with a diameter of up to 15 mm spherical inflorescences. The approximately 3 to 4.5 cm long fruits are densely covered by silky, pink - gray hair.

Use

The wood is used as firewood, young twigs as tooth cleaning stick. Leaves, fruits and roots are used for human and veterinary medicine.

Swell

• J. Berhaut: Illustrée Flore du Sénégal, Volume 2, Dakar, 1974.
• M. Arbonnier: Arbres et arbustes lianes the zones d'Afrique de l' Ouest sèches. CIRAD. Montpellier, 2000, ISBN 2-87614-431- X
• A. Thiombiano, M. Schmidt, H. & S. Kreft Guinko: Influence sur la distribution du gradient climatique of espèces de Combretaceae au Burkina Faso ( Afrique de l' Ouest ), In: . Candollea, 61, 2006, p 189 -203. pdf