Dacryodes ebatom
Aubrev. & Pellegr.
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Lié Constant Moungoudy & West and Central Africa Program.
Lié Constant Moungoudy & West and Central Africa Program.
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Lié Constant Moungoudy & West and Central Africa Program.
Lié Constant Moungoudy & West and Central Africa Program.
gbif · cc-by-nc-nd
Lié Constant Moungoudy & West and Central Africa Program.
Lié Constant Moungoudy & West and Central Africa Program.
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit ?
The fruit is eaten, though details of preparation are not well documented.
Known Hazards
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in lowland evergreen forest between 400-550 m above sea level.
Africa, Gabon,
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 Burseraceae family found in lowland evergreen forests at 400-550 m elevation.
Notes
It is an endangered species.
Names & Synonyms
Ebatom
References (1)
- Onana, J. M., 2008, A synoptic revision of Dacryodes (Burseraceae) in Africa, with a new species from Central Africa. KEW BULLETIN VOL. 63: 385–400
