Fabaceae FAMILY
Dialium angolense
Dialium angolense
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Dialium angolense is usually an evergreen tree with a broad crown; it can grow 3 - 30 metres tall. Sometimes the plant is no more than a low, spreading shrub up to 4 metres tall. The conical bole is tortuous, 30 - 60cm in diameter, with rounded buttress[ 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 as a source of food and wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Cameroon, southern Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
HabitatGallery and fringing evergreen forests, muteshi forest and thickets on lake shores, on sand hills, quartz rocks and other rocky places; woodland and sandy river banks; at elevations from 700 - 1,275 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. ].