Garcinia mannii
Oliv.
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Wikimedia Commons - NMNH
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Wikimedia Commons - Oliv.
Wikimedia Commons - Oliv.
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit, Seeds
The seeds are eaten as snacks, and the fruit is also edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forest.
Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo, Congo DR, Gabon, Guinea, Guinée, Liberia, Nigeria, 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 small tropical forest tree growing 10-15 m high.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Garcinia mannii is a dioecious and evergreen flowering tree in the family Clusiaceae (Guttiferae). The specific epithet (mannii) honors German botanist Gustav Mann.
Notes
There are about 300 Garcinia species.
Names & Synonyms
Aromo, Okok, Okuta, Onie
Garcinia obanensis Baker f.
