Dicranolepis persei
Cummins
ThymelaeaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows between 800-1,000 m above sea level.
Africa, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, 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 shrub. It grows 1-3 m tall. The branches are slender and hairy. The leaf stalks are short. The leaves are narrowly oval and wedge shaped at the base. They are dark green above and lighter underneath. The flowers are in pairs in the axils of the leaves. The flower have 5 parts. They are white.
Names & Synonyms
Bekarie
References (3)
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 2994
- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 132
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
