Fabaceae FAMILY

Isoberlinia angolensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Isoberlinia angolensis is a deciduous shrub or a tree with a spreading, rounded crown; it usually grows 1 - 12 metres tall, occasionally reaching 20 metres. The bole can be free of branches for 5 - 7 metres in larger trees and around 50 - 100cm in diameter. The plant is also sometimes found as a shrub no more than 20 - 40cm tall[ 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 medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - southern Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Angola, southern DR Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique

HabitatDeciduous woodland, sometimes dominant or co-dominant; open forests; gravelly, lateritic or muddy soils; often gregarious; at elevations from 600 - 2,100 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. ].