African Botanicals: A Quick-Reference Guide (Digital E-Book)

181 plants of the African materia medica. Each entry gives you the botanical name, the family and range, the part used, and the characters that separate that plant from the things it gets confused with — leaf arrangement, latex, scent, taste, pod shape. Then what tradition uses it for, and the cautions that matter: the interactions, the protected and CITES-listed species, the lookalikes that aren’t safe.

A safety colour on every plant

Green, amber, red or black. Green is everyday food use. Amber means know the caution first. Red means potent, narrow margin, or legally restricted. Black means recognise it and never take it internally — the arrow poisons, the ordeal plants, the ones that are here so you can walk away from them.

A roster at the back lists every plant by rating. The red and black pages are the ones worth keeping in front of you.

Also in the book

Sections grouped by the use tradition puts each plant to. A quick key that re-sorts all 181 by physical character — what has white latex, what has whorled leaves, what tingles on the tongue. A cross-index of secondary uses. And two full indexes, by common name and by botanical name, so nothing is lost in the middle.

Format

Instant digital download. A4 PDF, 31 pages, bookmarked and print-ready. Readable on phone, tablet or desktop. Yours to keep.

This guide documents traditional and cultural use. It records what people do, not what has been clinically proven, and it is not medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Speak to a qualified healthcare professional before using any plant medicinally.