Keetia foetida
(Hiern) Bridson
RubiaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are edible but astringent.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. In Malawi it grows at medium altitude in open woodland.
Africa, East Africa, Malawi,
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 small tree. It grows 3-5 m high. The fruit are 1 cm across. The fruit are edible but astringent.
Names & Synonyms
Canthium foetidum HiernCanthium tophamii Bullock & DunkleyPlectronia foetida (Hiern) K. Schum.
References (1)
- Prins, H. & Maghembe, J. A., 1994, Germination studies on seed of fruit trees indigenous to Malawi. Forest Ecology and Management 64:111-125 (As Canthium foetidum)
