Nymphaea micrantha
Guill. & Perr.
Buragurudja
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Root, Fruit, Seeds
The roots, fruit, and seeds are all edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in West Africa. It grows in wet grass savannah. It is in small lakes and pools. It can be in flooded rice.
Africa, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, 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 water lily. The flowers have white to bluish petals. There sepals are spotted.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Nymphaea micrantha is a water lily belonging to the genus Nymphaea. It is native to the tropics of West Africa.
Names & Synonyms
Baracuradje, Boragurundja, Buragurudja, Ebengalei-iamakei, Quequelique
References (3)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4. Kew.
- Gallagher, D. E., 2010, Farming beyond the escarpment: Society, Environment, and Mobility in Precolonial Southeastern Burkina Faso. PhD University of Michigan.
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
