Fabaceae FAMILY

Brachystegia bussei

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Brachystegia bussei is a tree with a rounded crown; it can grow up to 20 metres tall[ 466 Title Useful Plants of Nyasaland Publication Author Williamson J. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland. Year 1955 ISBN Description Brief details of the uses of almost 500 species of plants. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - southern DR Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique.

HabitatDeciduous woodland, on mountain slopes on reddish soils; also on flat areas with sandy-clay soils; at elevations from 250 - 1,500 metres[ 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. ]. Characteristic of low lying slopes with stony eroded soils[ 466 Title Useful Plants of Nyasaland Publication Author Williamson J. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland. Year 1955 ISBN Description Brief details of the uses of almost 500 species of plants. ].