Dacryodes osika
(Gillaumin) H. J. Lam.
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Jacques Bié Mba, West & Central Africa programme
Jacques Bié Mba, West & Central Africa programme
gbif · cc-by-nc-nd
Jacques Bié Mba, West & Central Africa programme
Jacques Bié Mba, West & Central Africa programme
gbif · cc-by-nc-nd
Jacques Bié Mba, West & Central Africa programme
Jacques Bié Mba, West & Central Africa programme
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit pulp is cooked or roasted and eaten.
Known Hazards
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Central Africa, Congo DR, Congo R,
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 tree in the Burseraceae family. The fruit are sold in markets and eaten by cooking or roasting the fruit pulp.
Production
Fruit production is seasonal. In Congo fruit are available from July to October.
Other Information
Fruit are sold in markets.
Notes
It is an at risk plant.
Names & Synonyms
Angbokase, Bohelenga, Ibelesau, Ibele sawu, Isafu, Isawusawu, Mbele, Ngiangia, Okololo, Osika, Osukikelele, Sau, Tobele, Tsipotupatu, Ugbagba, Usowu
Dacryodes yangambiensis Roll.-Germ. ex TroupinPachylobus osika Guillaumin
References (7)
- Mosango M., Szafranski F., 1985, Plantes sauvages à fruits comestibles dans les environs de Kisangani (Zaïre). In: Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée, 32e année, pp. 177-190 (As Dacryodes yangambiensis)
- Onana, J. M., 2008, A synoptic revision of Dacryodes (Burseraceae) in Africa, with a new species from Central Africa. KEW BULLETIN VOL. 63: 385–400
- Terashima, H., Ichikawa, M. & Ohta, L., (Ed.), 1991, A Flora: Catalog of Useful Plants of Tropical Africa. African study monographs. Supplementary issue (1991), 16:195 (As Dacryodes yangambiensis)
- 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
- Termote,C., Dheda Djailo, B., Everaert, G., Haesaert, S., Van Damme, P., 2007, Use and Socio-Economic Value of Wild Edible Plants by the Turumbu, TshopoDistrict, DRCongo (As Dacryodes yangambiensis)
- Termote, C., et al, 2012, Wild Edible Plant Markets in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Human Ecology 40:269-285
- Termote, C., 2012, Wild edible plant use in Tshopo District, Democratic Republic of Congo. Universiteit Gent. p 70
