Cassida camerunensis
Guptta & Guptta
Rabbit ears
FabaceaeSpice/Beverage
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Spice
The pods are used as a spice.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa,
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 tropical legume in the Fabaceae family with distinctive ear-shaped pods.
Notes
Also as Caesalpinaceae.
References (1)
- Dibong, S. D., et al, 2011, Inventory and Biodiversity of species edible wild fruits sold in the markets of Douala, Cameroon. International Journal of Applied Biology and Pharmaceutical Technology. 2(3).
