Combretum tomentosum
G. Don
CombretaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows as thickets in savannah areas in West Africa. It can be along rivers or in palm groves.
Africa, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, 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 tropical straggling shrub or woody creeper with stems reaching 12–15 m long, found in savannah thickets of West Africa, often along rivers or in palm groves.
Names & Synonyms
Canqueliba-deo, Fu ruk, Iari-safi, Kabaa, Kignat bagid, Kuboo, Lari-safi, Lokoan, Masoko, Safiri, Salanombo, Ulo
Combretum chrysophyllum Guill. & Perr.
References (3)
- Bojang, L., 1999, Non-wood Forest Products in The Gambia. EC-FAO Partnership Programme.
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1. Kew.
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
