Lannea edulis

Botanical Description

Lannea edulis is a deciduous perennial plant to dwarf shrub that grows from 3 - 60cm tall[ 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. , 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The mass of this amazing plant is mostly buried out of sight beneath the soil. The subterranean trunks, that can be 13cm in diameter, creep along just beneath the surface. The branchlets bearing the leaves, flowers, and fruits stick up only slightly above the ground. The whole tree nonetheless can be very big. A single specimen may cover many square metres, but disguised in the dirt, its massive size is seldom realized[ 323 Title Lost Crops of Africa. Vol. 3 Fruits. Publication Author Publisher National Academy Press Year 2008 ISBN 030910596X Description Masses of information on about 70 species of plants that have been utilized as fruits in Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.