Maesobotrya floribunda

Botanical Description

Maesobotrya floribunda is a bushy shrub, sometimes becoming a tree, with drooping branches; it usually grows 1.5 - 6 metres tall, though tree forms can grow up to 12 metres tall and exceptional specimens to 20 metres have been recorded. The bole can be 3 - 25cm in diameter, usually branching from near the base. The tree produces suckers[ 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 plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, food and source of wood.