Moshi medicine (Guiera senegalensis)

Family: Combretaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Guiera senegalensis is an evergreen flowering shrub usually growing 1 - 3 m in height commonly found in tropical Africa. The bark is gray. The branches are softly hairy. The flowers are yellowish green and are in round heads. The leaves are gray-green and oval. The leaves are known as a ?cure-all? and used for the treatment of a wide range of conditions. The twigs are chewed for symptomatic relief of scorpion stings.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

The leaves are also used to curdle milk. — The leaves are also used to curdle milk.

Habitat & North American Range

(Degraded) savannah, savannah forests, forest on fallow land (abandoned farms); light dry soils, sandy or rocky; at elevations from 945 - 1,020 metres. (Zone 10)