Fabaceae FAMILY

Craibia brevicaudata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Craibia brevicaudata is a shrub or a tree with a rounded, spreading crown; it can grow from 2 - 20 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is fluted[ 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - western Congo, western Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, southern DR Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozanbique, Zimbabwe

HabitatAcacia-Commiphora woodland; evergreen coastal forest; fringing forest; rocky clefts; evergreen forest remnants; deciduous thickets; rain-forest; at elevations from 70 - 1,800 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. ].