Fabaceae FAMILY

Brachystegia microphylla

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Brachystegia microphylla is a semideciduous tree with a flat-topped crown; it can grow 3 - 35 metres tall. The bole can be 50 - 150cm in diameter[ 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 tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of fibre and wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Africa - Tanzania, southern DR Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique.

HabitatLocally dominant on rocky hills, escarpments, rocky granite soils and leached reddish soils, in high altitude and rainfall areas[ 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. ].