Raphia mambillensis
Otedoh
Gongola, Bansa
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds, Sap
The sap can be tapped for palm wine, and the seeds are also edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in mountain regions in West Africa.
Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, Nigeria, 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 palm. It almost has no trunk. The fronds are large and arise near the ground. They are 7 m high.
Names & Synonyms
Tukuruwa
References (3)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4. Kew.
- Chapman, J. D. & Chapman, H. M., 2001, The Forest Flora of Taraba and Andamawa States, Nigeria. WWF & University of Canterbury. p 212
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
