Dovyalis xanthocarpa
Bullock
SalicaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows along the edges of rivers. It has been recorded between 630-1,370 m above sea level.
Africa, East Africa, 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. It grows 10 m tall. The bark is smooth. The small branches are hairy at the tips. There can be spines 2 cm long. The leaves are oval. The fruit are orange. They are 2 cm long by 1.3 cm wide. There are 2 seeds.
Notes
Also put in the Flacourtiaceae family.
Names & Synonyms
Mgola, Mkarato, Mzuyuyu
References (4)
- East African Herbarium records, 1981,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 114
- Ruffo, C. K., Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B., 2002, Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania. RELMA p 289
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
