Fabaceae FAMILY

Craibia brownii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Craibia brownii can vary in size from a shrub only 3 metres tall to a tree growing from 6 - 24 metres tall[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood. It is sometimes planted to provide shade.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Uganda, Kenya, eastern DR Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia.

HabitatDry and moist forests, and along rivers, at elevations from 1,100 - 2,200 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].