Monanthotaxis trichocarpa
(Engl. & Diels) Verdc.
AnnonaceaeSeeds/Nuts
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds
The seeds are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in evergreen forest. It grows mainly between 30-600 m above sea level.
Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania,
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 creeper or straggling shrub. It can be 8 m long. The branches are red to purple. They have rusty coloured hairs. The leaves are 6-15 cm long. The flowers occur singly or in pairs. They are yellowish green and fleshy. The fruit are in groups of 2-8. They are orange to red.
Names & Synonyms
Popowia trichocarpa Engl. & Diels
References (3)
- Flora of Mozambique.
- Herb., E. A., 1981,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 55
