Fadogia stenophylla
Welw. ex Hiern
RubiaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The round red fruit is eaten raw.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in open woodland. It grows between 1,250-2,150 m above sea level. It can withstand bushfires re-growing from the rhizome.
Africa, Angola, Burundi, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Malawi, Mozamnique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
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 shrubby herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a slender, creeping woody rhizome or underground stem. It grows 6-40 cm high. The leaves are in rings. The fruit is round and red and 1 cm across.
How to Grow
Plants can withstand annual bush fires, resprouting from the woody rhizome once the fire is past.
Names & Synonyms
Kambolambola, Kindokoli, Nakalpondo
References (2)
- Ruffo, C. K., Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B., 2002, Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania. RELMA p 321
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
