Chrysobalanaceae FAMILY

Parinari capensis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Parinari capensis is a perennial plant with an extensively rhizomatous root system. Woody stems, usually up to 30cm tall, but very rarely to 1 metre, are produced annually from leaf axils at the base of old stems - the stems usually dying back to the base at the end of the growing season, though occasionally growing on the following year[ 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. ]. The edible fruit and seed are sometimes harvested from the wild for local consumption.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Swaziland, S. Africa.

HabitatEdges of dambos, on sandy, especially seasonally waterlogged oligotrophic soils and on Kalahari sands, where trees are absent, forming large patches not touched by cattle; secondary grassland following destruction of woodland by fire, cultivation etc[ 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. ]