Aframomum flavum

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Aframomum flavum

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North Carolina Zoological Park (NCZP-)

Aframomum flavum

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North Carolina Zoological Park (NCZP-)

Aframomum flavum

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruits are sucked.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Cameroon, Central 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 herb in the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) found in tropical regions. The fruits are traditionally sucked as food.

Wikipedia

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Aframomum flavum is a species in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It was first described by John Michael Lock.

Names & Synonyms

Ebebe

References (1)

Zapfack, L., et al, 2001, Ethnobotanical Survey of the Takamanda Forest Reserve. Consultancy Report PROFA, Cameroon. p 30

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