Acokanthera schimperi

Family	Products	Niche	Useful Tropical Plant Taxon	Useful Tropical Plant Link	Ecological Services	PROTA
Apocynaceae	Fruit, Firewood, Medicine	Scattered on crop land	Acokanthera schimperi	Link	Ornamental, Live fence, Shade	Link

Agro-ecological Zone
Dry and Moist Weyna Dega

Growth rate	Management practices	Invasiveness	Leafing Phenology	Location
Fairly fast	Pruning, coppicing, pollarding	No	Evergreen	Ethiopia

Country	Rainfall	Temperature	Altitude	Soil
Ethiopia	213-1519	unknown	1300-1700	Prefers well-drained, red or black rocky soils, but also grows on black cotton soil and poor soil of dry sites

Amharic	Oromo
Gararu, Lemem, Merenz	Qararo, Qarachu, Qararu

Origin	Location
Native	East Shewa