Gluema ivorensis

Aubrev. & Pellegr.

SapotaceaeBark/Sap

Gluema ivorensis

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Gluema ivorensis

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Gum - masticatory

The gum is chewed as a masticatory.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows beside streams in closed forests in West Africa.

Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, 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 tree. It grows 30 m high. The trunk can be 2.5 m around. The bark has a white sap or latex that coagulates.

Names & Synonyms

Adiepinegoa, Nkredua

References (1)

Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5. Kew.

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