Anacardiaceae FAMILY
Searsia ciliata
Searsia ciliata
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Searsia ciliata is a thorny, low, straggly, evergreen shrub growing from 2 - 4 metres tall[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild as a source of tannins and occasionally for food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSouthern Africa - Namibia, southern Botswana, S. Africa,
HabitatMainly found along dry river beds, sometimes forming dense colonies[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. , 663 Title Flora of Southern Africa Publication Author Roux J.P. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=662545 Publisher Year 2003 ISBN Description An excellent on-line resource. ].