Fabaceae FAMILY
Ormocarpum kirkii
Ormocarpum kirkii
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Ormocarpum kirkii is a shrub or small tree growing 2 - 9 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 harvested from the wild as a local source of food, medicines and wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical east Africa - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, southeastern DR Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, northern S. Africa.
HabitatAcacia-Commiphora or coastal bushland; dry bushed grassland; less often in open grassland; sometimes on termite mounds; at elevations from sea level to 1,700 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. , 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. ].