Ehretia cymosa

Indigenous

Am: Game Kf: Wagamo; Kmb: Oolagecho Or: Hulaga, Ulaga, Garmi Sd: Uraga Tg: Kurruak

Ecology An African tree distributed from West like, the fruit turn black. Each is pointed to eastern and south to southern and breaks into 4 parts, each containing a Africa, some in bushland, others in riverine hard, comma-shaped seed. forest. In , it commonly occurs in evergreen forest and forest patches, usually Propagation on steep mountainsides in the Weyna Dega Seedlings, direct sowing at site. agroclimatic zones in nearly all regions, Seed 1,400–2,300 m. About 20,000–30,000 seeds per kg. Cut the Uses fruiting head when 80% of the fruits are Firewood, timber (furniture), farm tools, mature to extract the seed. medicine (root juice applied externally Treatment: Not necessary. Germination on wounds), fodder (leaves), bee forage, starts in three days but may continue for mulch. 5 weeks

Description Storage: Seeds can be stored for some A deciduous shrub or tree 2–9 m, often time. branching from the base, with weak Management drooping branches. LEAVES: Oval but Fast growing. Pruning, pollarding, lopping wide or narrow to 20 cm x 12 cm, the and coppicing. tip pointed, base rounded, on a stalk 1–3 cm. The leaf is rarely flat and bubbles up Remarks between the veins. Veins are raised below The light, durable wood is often used to and have hairs. FLOWERS: In loose make yokes for oxen. Roots and leaves large heads to 15 cm across (only), on are poisonous to people but the root juice hairy stalks, often covering the tree. The helps heal wounds. There are two varieties small flowers are white-yellow-pink, quite in Ethiopia: var. divariata and var. silvatica. fragrant. The divided style and brown-black The latter occurs in rain forest and riverine anthers hang out of the bell-like flowers. forest. FRUIT: Ripen October to December in large heads. Round orange-red and berry

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