Garcinia semseii
Verdc.
ClusiaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in lowland and mountain forests.
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 20 m tall. The trunk is straight. They bark is grey to brown. The leaves are simple and opposite. The leaf stalk is 1-2 cm long. The leaf blade is 19-25 cm long by 7-17 cm wide. It is oval and wedge shaped at the base and tapers to the tip. The flowers are pale yellow. They are along the branches. The fruit is flattened and 5 cm long by 4 cm wide. It is lumpy.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Garcinia semseii is a species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae that grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.It is found only in Tanzania.
Names & Synonyms
Msengela
References (1)
- Lovett, J. C. et al, Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. p 66
