Terminalia parvula
Pampan
CombretaceaeSeeds/Nuts
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Nuts
The nuts are eaten.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. In Somalia it grows between 60-870 m above sea level.
Africa, East Africa, Kenya, Somalia,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A small tree. It grows 3-5 m tall. The bark is dark grey. It has straight long shoots with spurs. The leaves are on the spur shoots. The leaf blades are 1 cm long by 0.5 cm wide. There are 3 pairs of side veins. The flowers are in a spike 1.5 cm long. The fruit are reddish. They are 2-3 cm long and 1.5 cm wide.
Notes
There are about 200-250 Terminalia species. They are tropical. It is an unresolved name in The Plant List.
References (1)
- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 37
