Fabaceae FAMILY

Brachystegia tamarindoides

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Brachystegia tamarindoides is a semideciduous tree with a densely branched, umbrella-shaped crown; it can grow from 4 - 30 metres tall. The bole branches from near the base, it can be 45cm in diameter[ 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. , 466 Title Useful Plants of Nyasaland Publication Author Williamson J. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland. Year 1955 ISBN Description Brief details of the uses of almost 500 species of plants. ]. The tree yields a fibre and a valuable timber. It is harvested from the wild for mainly local use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Angola.

HabitatTable-land; common, occasionally constituting little woods; at elevations from 1,700 - 2,000 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. ].