Uvaria doeringii

Diels

Annonaceae Edible: Fruit

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Meise Botanic Garden

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Description

A scrambling shrub or small tree in the Annonaceae family reaching 7 m high, with small green fruits. It grows in coastal thickets of West Africa.

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Edible Uses

The fruit are commonly eaten.

Medicinal Uses

The roots, mixed with 'mako' pepper (Capsicum sp.) are rubbed on to sore skin. A leaf-concoction, to which 'mako' peppers may be added, is drunk as a treatment for jaundiced conditions ('yellow fever'). The leaf-concoction is also used as a treatment for piles, palpitations and pain. The leaves are made into a soup for women who have recently given birth.

Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in coastal thickets in West Africa.

Where It Grows

Africa, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, West Africa,

Cultivation

The whole tree has a strong spicy odour.

Other Information

The fruit are commonly eaten.

Also Known As

Agbana

References (6)

Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1. Kew.
Busson, 1965,
Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 167
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 56
Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info.

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