Gomphia flava
(Schumach. & Thonn.) Farron
OchnaceaeFruit
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in high forest and can be in swampy locations in West Africa.
Africa, Ghana, 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 straggling tropical shrub growing up to 5 m high, found in high forest and swampy locations in West Africa.
Names & Synonyms
Ouratea flava (Schum. et Thorn.) Hutch et J. M. Dalz.Campylospermum flavum
References (7)
- Abbiw, D.K., 1990, Useful Plants of Ghana. West African uses of wild and cultivated plants. Intermediate Technology Publications and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. p 47
- Abbiw, D.K., 1990, Useful Plants of Ghana. West African uses of wild and cultivated plants. Intermediate Technology Publications and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. p 47 (As Campylospermum flavum)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4. Kew. (As Ouratea flava)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4. Kew.
- Dalziel, 1937,
- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 151
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 155
