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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Cussonia spicata
| image = No image available.svg
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Araliaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Aralioideae]]
| genus = ''[[Cussonia]]''
| species = '''''C. paniculata'''''
| binomial = ''Cussonia paniculata''
| binomial_authority = [[Eckl.]] & [[Zeyh.]]
}}
'''''Cussonia spicata''''' is a large (up to 5m in height) [[evergreen]] tree native to [[South Africa]].
==Ethnomedical uses==
*The leaf is used [[ethnomedical]]ly to treat [[dysmenorrhea]].
==References==
*http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/cussoniapan.htm
[[Category:Araliaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of South Africa]]
[[Category:Trees of Africa]]