Celastraceae FAMILY

Salacia leptoclada

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Salacia leptoclada varies in habit. It can be a shrub just 1 metre tall, a small tree up to 4 metres, or can become a climbing plant which, exceptionally, can produce stems up to 25 metres long that scramble into other, nearby plants for support[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. , 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its edible fruit, which is consumed locally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Guinea to Togo; eastern DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Madagascar.

HabitatEvergreen or deciduous forests; subcoastal scrub; fringing forest near the coast at elevations from 50 - 2,200 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. , 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ].