Artabotrys thomsonii
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Thomas Couvreur
Thomas Couvreur
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Thomas Couvreur
Thomas Couvreur
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Thomas Couvreur
Thomas Couvreur
What to Eat
Edible parts: Stem sap - water
The stem sap is consumed raw as a drink.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo DR, 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 tropical creeper in the Annonaceae family that grows to approximately 25 m tall.
Production
Plants flower in February.
Names & Synonyms
Bombende, Bombende'o'ome, Liyomomi, Longuro
References (2)
- Termote, C., et al, 2011, Eating from the wild: Turumbu, Mbole and Bali traditional knowledge of non-cultivated edible plants, District Tshopo, DRCongo, Gen Resourc Crop Evol. 58:585-618
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
