Fabaceae FAMILY

Baphia capparidifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Baphia capparidifolia is a scrambling or climbing shrub or liana usually producing stems up to 4 metres long, occasionally to 6 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Central African Republic, DR Congo and Uganda, south to northern Angola, Zambia, Tanzania and Madagascar.

HabitatGallery forest; thickets; rocky ground; forest; savannah; secondary forest, especially along edges of plantations and roads; at elevations from sea level to 1,650 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. ].