Buddleja polystachya

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruits are eaten raw, the leaves used as animal fodder.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. In Ethiopia it grows in the highlands in both dry and moist forests. It grows between 2,200-3,600 m altitude.

Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia,

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. It has many branches. It grows 4-5 m high. It can grow 12 m high. The bark is red brown or grey. The leaves are long and narrow. They are 15 cm long. The tip is pointed. The leaves are light grey-green on top. The flowers are on a long spike 20 cm long and the flowers are bright orange. The flowers are tube shaped and in small groups. The flowers have a bad smell. The fruit are small, dry orange capsules.

How to Grow

Plants can be grown by seed or cuttings.

Wikipedia

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Buddleja polystachya is a multi-branched shrub or occasionally small tree endemic to the semi-arid highlands flanking the Red Sea in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen, where it grows in secondary scrub or around forest, often along watercourses, at elevations of between 2,200 and 3,600 m; its range extends southward into the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania. The species was named by Georg Fresenius in the early part of the 19th century.

Other Information

The fruit are eaten especially by children.

Notes

There are 90-100 Buddleja species. Also put in the family Buddlejaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Anfar, Atquar, Madere

References (3)

Ethiopia: Famine Food Field Guide. http://www.africa.upenn.edu/faminefood/category3.htm
Lulekal, E., et al, 2011, Wild edible plants in Ethiopia: a review on their potential to combat food insecurity. Afrika Focus - Vol. 24, No 2. pp 71-121
Molla, A., Ethiopian Plant Names. http://www.ethiopic.com/aplants.htm