Vismia orientalis

Engl.

HypericaceaeFruit

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is edible.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the lowlands. It grows from sea level to 1,000 m above sea level.

Africa, East Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania,

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 or small tree. It grows 3-8 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are 10-12 cm long by 4-7 cm wide. The flowering shoots are at the ends of the branches. The flowers are white with pink marks. The fruit is a green berry with red dots. The fruit are 8 mm across. The seeds are 3 mm long.