Combretaceae FAMILY

Combretum psidioides

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Combretum psidioides is a large, semideciduous shrub or a tree with an open, flattened to rounded crown; it can grow up to 17 metres tall[ 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. , 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 edible gum is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Angola, southern DR Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, northern S. Africa.

HabitatBrachystegia and Kalahari woodland; rocky outcrops; hotter drier areas; Baikiaea woodland; Colophospermum mopane savannah woodland; Kalahari sand; dry woodlands; degraded open forests; at elevations from 100 - 2,000 metres[ 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. ].