Sapotaceae FAMILY

Sideroxylon inerme

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sideroxylon inerme is a spreading, much-branched, evergreen shrub or a tree with a large, dense, rounded crown; it can grow up to 15 metres tall, often with a gnarled appearance. The sturdy bole can be up to 60cm in diameter[ 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. , 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The tree yields a locally useful wood as well as being used locally as a medicine and food. It does not burn easily and can be planted as a fire-break.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEastern Africa - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, S. Africa; Seychelles.

HabitatCoastal woodland and littoral forest. A common component of shrub thickets on the seashore near the high-water mark, also found along landward fringes of mangroves. Sometimes found further inland along rivers and in open woodland, up to 1,500 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].