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Alchornea cordifolia
Christmasbush (Alchornea cordifolia) is a shrub or small tree native to tropical Africa, growing up to about 8 metres tall, valued in traditional medicine and as a source of dye, wood and food. It is grown in warm, humid conditions and is not a common houseplant.
Alchornea cordifolia is a shrub or small tree distributed throughout tropical Africa, it can grow up to 8 metres tall. The plant is used in traditional African medicine. Common name is the Christmas bush.
The plant is cultivated for its medicinal purposes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It supplies dye and wood, and in other occasions it is widely used for food. Its dried leaves are substituted for tea. The roots of the plant are used to treat venereal diseases, amoebic dysentery and diarrhoea. It is used to make drops to cure eye diseases like conjunctivitis.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alchornea cordifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
