Aframomum thonneri
De Wild.
ZingiberaceaeFruit
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central African Republic, Congo R, Congo DR, Gabon,
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 ginger family herb found in tropical regions, belonging to a genus of approximately 50 species.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Aframomum thonneri is a species of plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It was first described by Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman.
Notes
There are about 50 Aframomum species.
References (2)
- Danforth, R.M., & Boren, P.D., 1997, Congo Native fruits. Twenty-five of the best. Privately published. p 32
- e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:218423
