Anacardiaceae FAMILY

Lannea zastrowiana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lannea zastrowiana is a small, deciduous shrub growing up to 30cm tall[ 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 food and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - Namibia.

HabitatOpen grassland, mainly in sandy, open sites[ 776 Title An Ethnobotanical Survey of Plants Used to Manage HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infections in Katima Mulilo, Caprivi Region Publication Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2010, 6:25 Author Chinsembu K.C.; Hedimbi M. Website http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/6/1/25/table/T1 Publisher Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Year 2010 ISBN Description Medicinal herbs used in the treatment of AIDS-related health conditions. It can be downloaded in PDF format from the Internet. ].