Putranjivaceae FAMILY

Drypetes reticulata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Drypetes reticulata is a several-stemmed shrub or a slender, sometimes ill-formed or long-branched tree growing from 1 - 15 metres tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It provides a good shade[ 364 Title Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. Publication Author Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D Website http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm Publisher Frontier Year 0 ISBN 1-873070-33-0 Description A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast Africa - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, S. Africa.

HabitatWoodland on granitic outcrops; evergreen forest and thicket; often riverine; evergreen rain-forest; Brachystegia glaucescens woodland on rocky hillsides; at elevations from sea level up to 1,800 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].