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Cussonia holstii is a small to medium tree of the Ivy family (Araliaceae), reaching up to 20 m, with a straight trunk and palm-like clusters of compound leaves. It is a tree of seasonally dry East African woodland and is rarely grown as an ornamental, so care guidance is limited.
Cussonia holstii is a small to medium size tree belonging to the family Araliaceae. The tree is similar in shape to a paw paw tree.
The species occurs in East Africa from Somalia southwards to Tanzania.
A decoction of leaf extracts is used in traditional medicine to treat abdominal pain while a bark decoction is used during child birth to clean the uterus and expel the placenta. Leaves are also used as fodder for goats.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cussonia holstii 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.
