Picrodendraceae FAMILY
Oldfieldia dactylophylla
Oldfieldia dactylophylla
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitSemi-deciduous Tree
Growth—
A plant of the drier tropics, where it is found at elevations from 1,000 - 1,800 metres. In Tanzania it is found in areas where the mean annual rainfall is in the range 700 - 1,000mm[1]. In the wild it grows on various soil types including sandy loams, sandy clay loams and red clay loams[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Oldfieldia+dactylophylla>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania — Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. · Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. · 2002 · ISBN 9966-896-60-0 ↩︎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.
- [2]Flora Zambesiaca — http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html ↩︎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.