Synsepalum stipulatum
(Radlk.) Engl.
Miraculous fruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit, Seed
The fruit pulp is eaten raw and used to make jams and jellies. The seeds are also edible.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in the lowland rain-forest in West Africa. It grows in the humid zone. It grows on rocky outcrops.
Africa, Central Africa, Congo DR, Nigeria, 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 tree. It grows 15 m high. It branches low down. The leaves can be 25 cm long by 6 cm wide but are often smaller. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves. The flowers are white. The fruit are oval and 2 cm long by 1.5 cm wide. They contain one seed.
Production
Fruiting is seasonal.
Names & Synonyms
Onga, Shonga, Tonga, Tongase, Tunga, Yonga
Pouteria longicuneata (De Wild.) BaehniPouteria stipulata (Radlk.) BaehniStironeurum stipulatum Radlk.Synsepalum attenuatum Hutch. & Dalz.[Invalid]
Synsepalum longicuneatum De Wild.
References (11)
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- Vascular Plants of Korup National Park. korupplants.myspecies.info
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