Combretum pentagonum
M. A. Lawson
CombretaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten. It serves as a famine food.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows up to 900 m above sea level.
Africa, East Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia,
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 woody climber. It grows 6 m tall. The branches are rounded and hairy. The leaves are opposite. They are oval and 15-20 cm long by 8 cm wide. They are hairy underneath. The fruit are oblong and 3 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. They have 5 rounded angles.
Other Information
It is a famine food.
Names & Synonyms
Combretum lasiopetalum Engl. & DielsCombretum wakefieldii Engl.
References (2)
- East African Herbarium records, 1981, (As Combretum lasiopetalum)
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 86 (As Combretum lasiopetalum)
