Chytranthus setosus
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - flavouring, Fruit
The leaves are used for flavouring soup, the fruit are eaten raw, and the seeds are cooked.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Cabinda, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, West Africa,
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 5 m high. The flowers are on the trunks and large branches. They are in short dense spikes.
Names & Synonyms
Adigi, Lotokolo
No Synonyms recorded in The Plant List
Chyrtanthus cauliflorus (Hutch. & Dalz.) WickensLaccodiscus cauliflorus Hutch. & Dalz.l
References (3)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Kew.
- Mosango M., Szafranski F., 1985, Plantes sauvages à fruits comestibles dans les environs de Kisangani (Zaïre). In: Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée, 32e année, pp. 177-190
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
