Talinella grevei
Danguy
TalinaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in dry scrubland. It grows from sea level to 300 m above sea level.
Africa, Madagascar,
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 shrub or creeper. It grows 2-5 m tall. The branches can be like woody creepers or stolons. They can be straight or twisted. They are reddish-brown. The leaves are simple and oblong or oval. They are 3-5 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. They taper to the base. The flowers are pink to red. They can have both sexes or be female. The fruit are rounded and fleshy. They are 5-7 mm across. There are 2 kidney shaped seeds.
Names & Synonyms
Dango, Dango hazo, Dango porotsy, Sorondra
Talinella grevei subsp. grevei
References (1)
- Reitveld, S., 2013, The Animals and Plants of the Zazamalala Forest in Western Madagascar. p 129
