Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Antidesma venosum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The roots are believed to be poisonous[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Antidesma venosum is a spreading, sometimes scrambling, deciduous shrub or small tree commonly up to 8 metres tall, branched from the base or with a clear bole to up to 4.5 metres; branches drooping; crown often dense[ 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and fuel[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. , 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeMost of tropical Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia, south to Angola and eastern S. Africa.

HabitatSandy banks, alluvial soils of permanent & seasonal rivers & lakes; mixed deciduous woodland, dry evergreen thickets; dambo margins, termite mounds in grassy floodplains; occ granite outcrops, gully & coastal forest, dune vegetation, to 1,830 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. ].