Fabaceae FAMILY

Brachystegia allenii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Brachystegia allenii is a deciduous tree with a rounded crown; it usually grows 3 - 15 metres tall, occasionally to 20 metres. The bole can be 50cm in diameter[ 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 of its bark.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatDeciduous woodland; dry wooded savannah; locally dominant on well drained sites (more rarely on poorly drained sandy soils); typical of hot, dry rocky escarpments around lakes; also on sandy slopes; usually in pure stands; elevations to 1,000 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. ].