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Bridelia tomentosa is an evergreen, erect to scrambling shrub, or a small tree, with very slender, often long and whip-like branches. It grows up to 13 meters tall with a bole up to 15cm in diameter. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine, and source of materials. Deciduous to evergreen forests, primary to secondary vegetation; reported from sandy or loamy soil, limestone, and over granite bedrocks at elevations up to 1,000 meters. It is rather common on waste land and in secondary forests. The wood from the Bridelia Tomentosa is suitable for baskets, carts, wheels, and tool handles. It is a tannin-producing plant, where the bark is used for tanning and to color wood black. Its bark is also used for colic. It has edible plant parts; fruits are eaten and leav
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