Amphiblemma setosum

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MelastomataceaeLeaves

Amphiblemma setosum

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Ehoarn Bidault

Amphiblemma setosum

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Ehoarn Bidault

Amphiblemma setosum

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Ehoarn Bidault

What to Eat

Edible parts: Vegetable

It is used as a vegetable.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Central Africa, Gabon,

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 shrub in the melastome family (Melastomataceae) found as a tropical plant.

Notes

An unresolved name in The Plant List.

References (1)

Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 559

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