| BRIEF DESCRIPTION An unarmed, multistemmed, much branched, spreading shrub up to 4-6 m tall, with a dense crown. The leaves a sparse, paripinnate, with 1-4 pairs of leaflets. The flowers have 4 white and and 1 yellow petals. The fruit is a pod, 20-30 cm long and 2 cm wide. USES The seeds can be eaten raw, unripe as well as ripe. The plant is browsed by goats and it can be used for windbreaks and hedges. GROWING PERIOD Perennial. COMMON NAMES Tara. FURTHER INF Tara is native of southwestern Madagascar. It appears to be confined to the exposed seaward facing rocky limestone escarpment and the sandy soils immediately below, at elevations between 15-100 m. |