Cadaba kirkii

Oliv.

Large-flowered wormbush

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruits are edible.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows on termite mounds in woodland. It grows in drier low altitude woodlands.

Africa, East Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

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 shrub or small tree. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. It can grow up to 3.6 m high. It has weak stems and many branches. The leaves are fleshy. They are narrowly oval and 2.5 cm long by 2 cm wide. The leaf stalks are slender. The flowers are yellow or white. The petals are large. The fruit are narrow and fleshy. They contain several orange coloured seeds.

Notes

There are about 30 Cadaba species.

Names & Synonyms

Nswadji

References (5)

East African Herbarium records, 1981,
Fowler, D. G., 2007, Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses. Kew. p 16
Le Houerou, H. N., (Ed.), 1980, Browse in Africa. The current state of knowledge. International Livestock Centre for Africa, Ethiopia. p 162
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 76
Williamson, J., 2005, Useful Plants of Malawi. 3rd. Edition. Mdadzi Book Trust. p 48

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