Synsepalum pobeguinianum
(Dubard) Ake Assi & L. Gaut.
SapotaceaeFruit
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The ripe fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Nigeria, West 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 tree in the Sapotaceae family.
Names & Synonyms
Akoondu, Koondo
Bakeriella pobeguiniana DubardPachystela albida A.Chev. [Invalid]Pachystela pobeguiniana (Dubard) Pierre ex Lecomte
References (2)
- Alyegba, S. S. et al, 2013, Ethnobotanical Survey of Edible Wild Plants in Tiv Communities of Benue State, Nigeria. Journal of Natural Sciences Research. Vol.3, No.7 (As Pachystela pobeguinianum)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
