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Meliaceae FAMILY

Pseudobersama mossambicensis

Pseudobersama mossambicensis

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pseudobersama mossambicensis is an evergreen shrub or a tree; it can grow up to 20 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. ]. The bole size is unusually small[ 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. ]. The plant is little used locally, but is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. The tree provides a good shade[ 364 Title Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. Publication Author Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D Website http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm Publisher Frontier Year 0 ISBN 1-873070-33-0 Description A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and northeastern S. Africa.
HabitatLowland coastal forest, where it is often found in the understorey of moist forest types and in forest margins; at elevations from sea-level up to 300 metres[ 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. ].