Fabaceae FAMILY

Brachystegia taxifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Brachystegia taxifolia is a semideciduous shrub or tree with a dense crown that can be flat, obconical or umbrella-shaped. It grows from 1 - 16 metres tall, more commonly from 2 - 6 metres. The bole is branched or irregular 40 - 100cm in diameter[ 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. , 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 tree appears to be evergreen because the new leaves appear as the old ones fall[ 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 tree is harvested from the wild as a local source of charcoal and fibre.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - southern DR Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi.

HabitatLocally dominant, esp. on wetland margins, hill slopes, river banks, rocky plateau areas; common in sandy and poor stony leached soils, esp. at high elevations and high rainfall areas. Also an undershrub in mixed open woodlands; 1,000 - 1,800 m[ 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. ].