Rubiaceae FAMILY

Aidia micrantha

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aidia micrantha is a shrub or a much-branched tree; it usually grows 1.8 - 9 metres tall, occasionally reaching 14 metres. The bole branches from low down[ 364 Title Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. Publication Author Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D Website http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm Publisher Frontier Year 0 ISBN 1-873070-33-0 Description A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It is planted in villages for amenity use and bee forage[ 364 Title Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. Publication Author Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D Website http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm Publisher Frontier Year 0 ISBN 1-873070-33-0 Description A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Cameroon through Central African Republic, DR Congo to Uganda, south to Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

HabitatDry evergreen forest and rain forest, often in evergreen Parinari thicket; seasonally flooded gallery forest and other fringing vegetation; at elevations from 320 - 1,800 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. ].