Dacryodes camerunensis
Onana
BurseraceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The orange fleshy fruit can be eaten raw.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in lowland rainforest between 400-550 m above sea level.
Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo R, Gabon,
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 tree. It grows 45 m high. The crown is densely branched. The trunk is 65 cm across. The bark is plae grey and peels off in large plates. The leaves are alternate with an odd number of leaflets and a leaflet at the end. The leaf stalk is 3-7 cm long. There are 3-5 leaflets. The flowers are greenish-yellow. The fruit are 2 cm long by 1.5 cm wide and fleshy. They are orange.
References (1)
- Onana, J. M., 2006, Dacryodes camerunensis (Burseraceae), a Bew Species from Central Africa. Kew Bulletin, Vol. 61. No. 4 pp 579-584
