Opiliaceae FAMILY

Opilia amentacea

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The stem and leaves are used as fish poison[ 733 Title Opiliaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 12: 1-71 Publication Author Hiepko P. Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève; Switze Year 2008 ISBN 978-2-8277-0451-4 Description An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].

Botanical Description

Opilia amentacea is a very variable plant. Usually an evergreen shrub that branches from the base, it often adopts a more climbing habit, with stems usually up to 15 metres long, but occasionally to 30 metres[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. , 733 Title Opiliaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 12: 1-71 Publication Author Hiepko P. Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève; Switze Year 2008 ISBN 978-2-8277-0451-4 Description An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Occasionally the plant has a more tree-like habit[ 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWidespread through most of tropical Africa; E. Asia China, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malaysia, Indonesia to N. Australia and Solomon.

HabitatFound in a wide range of environments from coastal bushland, through Acacia woodland to dry forest, often in riverine forest; also in upland rainforest, at elevations from sea level to 1,900 metres[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ].