Multidentia concrescens

(Bullock) Bridson & Verdc.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in Miombo woodland. It occurs between 1,400-2,000 m above sea level in East Africa.

Africa, East Africa, Malawi, 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 small erect shrub. It grows 15-35 cm tall. The stems arises from a thick woody rootstock. The leaves are opposite or in rings of three. The leaves are 3-16 cm long by 1-9 cm wide. They are wedge shaped at the base. The flowering shoots are near the leaf axils. There can be 10 flowers in a group. The flowers have 5 parts. The fruit are yellowish green and turn red. They are 18-22 mm across.

Names & Synonyms

Multidentia verticillata GilliPygmaeothamnus concrescens Bullock

References (2)

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 171

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