Monanthotaxis barteri
(Baill.) Verdc.
AnnonaceaeFruit
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Meise Botanic Garden
Meise Botanic Garden
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit ?
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows on the edge of forests. It grows from sea level to 1,000 m above sea level.
Africa, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, CAR, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, 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 shrub in the Annonaceae family that grows 2 m tall with yellow flowers and red fruit. It grows on forest edges from sea level to 1,000 m elevation.
Names & Synonyms
Urei
Clathrospermum heudelotii (Baill.) Scott-ElliotEnneastemon barteria (Baill.) KeayEnneastemon nigritanus (Baker f.) ExellPopowia barteri Baill.Popowia heudelotii Baill.Popowia nigritana Baker f.
References (1)
- Djihounouck, Y., et al, 2018, Diversité Et Importance Socio-Economique Des Espèces Fruitières Sauvages Comestibles En Zone Kasa (Sud-Ouest Du Sénégal). European Scientific Journal December 2018 edition Vol.14, No.36 ISSN: 1857 – 7881
