Prosopis africana

Botanical Description

Prosopis africana is a fairly slow-growing, deciduous tree with an open crown and drooping branches; it can grow from 4 - 20 metres tall[ 375 Title Grassland Species - Profiles Publication Author Website http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Gbase/Default.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse information on over 650 species of plants that grow in grassland, including trees, shrubs and perennial plants as well as grasses. Gives a brief description of the plant, its range and habitat and some of its uses. , 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. , 491 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 57 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University Year 1976 ISBN Description A botanical magazine, this issue has a comprehensive treatment of the genus Prosopis as well as several other articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The bole has slightly rounded buttresses[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. The tree has a number of mainly local uses, being gathered from the wild as a food, medicine, timber and source of tannins. Due to extensive overexploitation, this species has disappeared from extensive parts of the southern Sahel and the adjacent Sudan savannahs[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ].