Eugenia memecyloides
Benth.
MyrtaceaeFruit
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Meise Botanic Garden
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Meise Botanic Garden
Meise Botanic Garden
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Liberia, 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. The stems are 1.3 m tall. The fruit are about 1 cm across.
References (2)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4. Kew.
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
