Manotes expansa
Sol. ex Planch.
ConnaraceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The young leaves are eaten raw or cooked.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in rain-forest.
Africa, Central Africa, Congo DR, Guinea, Guinée, Liberia,
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 woody creeper. It can be 6.5 m long The leaf stalks are 5-25 cm long. The leaves have 3-13 narrowly oval leaflets. These are 3-10 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The flowers are small and in groups on stalks 50 cm long. The fruit are 1.5 cm long.
Names & Synonyms
Tokayikayi
References (3)
- Latham, P., 2004, Useful Plants of Bas-Congo province. Salvation Army & DFID p 181
- Latham, P & Mbuta, A., 2017, Useful Plants of Central Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Volume 2. Salvation Army p 11
- 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
