Combretum engleri
Schinz, De Wild. & T. Durand
CombretaceaeBark/Sap
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Gum
The gum is eaten as a snack.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows between 500-1,500 m above sea level.
Africa, Angola, Botswana, Congo DR, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Zambia,
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. It grows 3-5 m tall. It has a clumping rootstock producing several stems.
Other Uses
The slender branches are very elastic. The straight branches are sometimes used as digging sticks.
Names & Synonyms
Combretum chlorocarpum ExellCombretum parvifolium Dinter
References (3)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 45
- Useful Tropical Plants.
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
