Picrodendraceae FAMILY

Oldfieldia dactylophylla

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Oldfieldia dactylophylla is a semi-deciduous tree growing up to 15 metres tall. It has a short bole up to 25cm in diameter, that is usually swollen at the base, and spreading branches that give it a flattish or rounded open crown[ 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 exudes a milky latex[ 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. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - DR Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi.

HabitatDeciduous plateau woodland, often on sandy soils, usually as a subcanopy tree or shrub in Brachystegia and mixed deciduous woodlands, and woodland on Kalahari Sand, also on rocky hills and dambo margins at elevations from 1035 - 1830 metres[ 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. ].