Strychnos panganensis
Gilg.
LoganiaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, East Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, 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 scrambling shrub or creeper. It can grow 3-20 m tall. The leaves are dark green and shiny above and more pale underneath. They are 1-5 cm long by 6-30 mm wide. The flowers have 5 parts and have a sweet scent. The fruit are round and 1.1-1.6 cm across.
Names & Synonyms
Mdendero, Mkangala
Strychnos bicirrhifera DunkleyStrychnos guerkeana Gilg.
References (3)
- East African Herbarium records, 1981,
- http://www.fao.org/forestry/25323-096344a3de335832e8f363c3ac5184a66.pdf
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 142
