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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cussonia spicata''
| image = Cussonia spicata.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| image_caption = ''Cussonia spicata''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Araliaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Aralioideae]]
| genus = ''[[Cussonia]]''
| species = '''''C. spicata'''''
|binomial_authority = [[Carl Peter Thunberg|Thunb.]]
| binomial = ''Cussonia spicata''
}}
'''''Cussonia spicata''''' (known as '''spiked cabbage tree''', '''lowveld cabbage tree''' or '''common cabbage tree''') is a tree in the [[Araliaceae]] family.
It occurs naturally in southern [[Africa]] and into tropical Africa.
It is cultivated as a garden plant and can reach a height of 15 meters. It does not tolerate extreme degrees of frost.
==Ethnomedical Uses==
It has been used in traditional African medicine and its [[medicinal properties]] are being investigated.
*A bark [[decoction]] is used in the treatment of [[malaria]], and [[indigestion]] in a similar manner to [[tonic water]]
*A root [[decoction]] is used to treat [[fever]], [[venereal disease]], as well as a [[diuretic]] and [[laxative]].
*A root bark [[decoction]] is used to treat [[mental illness]].
==References==
*[http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/cussonspic.htm PlantzAfrica: ''Cussonia spicata'']
*[http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=142930 Flora of Zimbabwe: ''Cussonia spicata'']
[[Category:Araliaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of South Africa]]
[[Category:Trees of Africa]]
{{Apiales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cussonia spicata''
| image = Cussonia spicata.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| image_caption = ''Cussonia spicata''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Araliaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Aralioideae]]
| genus = ''[[Cussonia]]''
| species = '''''C. spicata'''''
|binomial_authority = [[Carl Peter Thunberg|Thunb.]]
| binomial = ''Cussonia spicata''
}}
'''''Cussonia spicata''''' (known as '''spiked cabbage tree''', '''lowveld cabbage tree''' or '''common cabbage tree''') is a tree in the [[Araliaceae]] family.
It occurs naturally in southern [[Africa]] and into tropical Africa.
It is cultivated as a garden plant and can reach a height of 15 meters. It does not tolerate extreme degrees of frost.
==Ethnomedical Uses==
It has been used in traditional African medicine and its [[medicinal properties]] are being investigated.
*A bark [[decoction]] is used in the treatment of [[malaria]], and [[indigestion]] in a similar manner to [[tonic water]]
*A root [[decoction]] is used to treat [[fever]], [[venereal disease]], as well as a [[diuretic]] and [[laxative]].
*A root bark [[decoction]] is used to treat [[mental illness]].
==References==
*[http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/cussonspic.htm PlantzAfrica: ''Cussonia spicata'']
*[http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=142930 Flora of Zimbabwe: ''Cussonia spicata'']
[[Category:Araliaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of South Africa]]
[[Category:Trees of Africa]]
{{Apiales-stub}}