Fabaceae FAMILY

Newtonia hildebrandtii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Newtonia hildebrandtii is a tree; it can grow up to 25 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. , 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 considered to be an excellent source of wood for fuel and charcoal, being commonly harvested from the wild. It is also a local source of wood and has medicinal uses.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, southern Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, eastern S. Africa.

HabitatRiverine forests; dry areas with a high water-table, associated with Faidherbia albida, Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha, Dobera; also in bushland; at elevations from 120 - 1,500 metres[ 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. ].