Thymelaeaceae FAMILY
Synaptolepis alternifolia
Synaptolepis alternifolia
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Synaptolepis alternifolia is a shrub or woody climber with slender hairless branches, growing from 0.5 - 10 metres tall[ 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 plant is sometimes harvested from the wild as a local source of food and medicines.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
HabitatRiverine forest and thickets, Brachystegia woodland, secondary bushland and wooded grassland, at elevations from sea level to 1,100 metres[ 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. ].