Ehretia bakeri

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Ehretia bakeri

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Ehretia bakeri

gbif · cc-by
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Ehretia bakeri

gbif · cc-by
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in seasonally dry areas.

Africa, East Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, 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 shrub or small tree. The leaves are oval and 15-20 cm long by 9 cm wide. The fruit is cone shaped .

Names & Synonyms

Ehretia macrophylla Baker

References (2)

Glover, et al, 1969,
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 71

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