Moraceae FAMILY

Maclura africana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Maclura africana varies in habit from a tangled, spiny shrub, or scrambling climber up to 7 metres tall, or a small much-branched tree with long, weak branches[ 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 wood is sometimes harvested from the wild and used locally to make a dye[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEastern tropical Africa - southern Kenya to northern S. Africa and Madagascar.

HabitatLocally common at low altitudes in riverine vegetation and pan edges, in coastal scrub and on coral rocks from sea level to 1,000 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. ].