Annickia kummeriae

(Engl. & Diels) Setten & Maas

AnnonaceaeBark/SapSpice/Beverage

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Bark - spice

The yellow dye from the bark is used as a spice in soup.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the lowlands and low mountain forest.

Africa, East Africa, 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 tree. It grows 30 m tall. The bark is grey to brown. The leaves are simple and alternate. The leaf blade is 10-30 cm log by 4-9 cm wide. They are oval and wedge shaped at the base. They taper to the tip. The flowers occur singly near the axils of the leaves and are green. There are 15-30 fruit that are oblong and 3.5 cm long by 1.5 cm wide.

Medicinal Uses

The bark dye has traditional use as a spice in soup.

Other Uses

A red dye is obtained from the wood. The bark produces a yellow dye which is used for colouring mats. The bright yellow wood is straight grained and splits easily. It is used for building poles, wooden spoons, tool handles and firewood.

Wikipedia

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Annickia kummeriae is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to Tanzania. The forests which this species is endemic to are suffering severe declines because of the use of the area for agriculture and gold mining.

Names & Synonyms

Muaka, Ng'waka

Enantia kummeriae Engl. & Diels

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