Opiliaceae FAMILY

Opilia campestris

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Opilia campestris is a deciduous shrub or small tree, sometimes adopting a more climbing habit. It grows up to 5 metres tall[ 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. ]. It often produces short, leafless, spiny branches[ 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. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for its edible fruits.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Namibia.

HabitatOpen, deciduous bushland or dense scrub in Namibia; in E. Africa it is often found growing on termite mounds; at elevations up to 1,450 metres[ 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. ]