Myrtaceae FAMILY

Syzygium owariense

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Syzygium owariense is a semi-deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub or a small tree with erect branches and a bushy rounded crown. It usually grows up to 8 metres tall, though exceptional specimens up to 30 metres tall have been recorded.. When growing in swamp forests it develops small knee-like breathing roots (pneumatophores)[ 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. , 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild as a local source of food and wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Uganda and Tanzania, south to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

HabitatWell-drained woodlands at low and medium elevations, as well as in swamp forests, on stream banks, in riverine thicket and woodlands at higher elevations up to 1,800 metres. It will also grow in semi-arid woodland, preferring stony ground and hills[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ].