Keetia venosa
(Oliv.) Bridson
Raisin-fruit keetia
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Description
A shrub or climber. It grows 2-7 m tall. The young branches can have rusty coloured hairs. The leaf blades are 5-14 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. They are narrowly oval and taper to the tip. There are 5-9 main pairs of side veins. There are 20-70 flowers in a group. These are made up of 4-5 flower parts. The fruit are 8-11 mm long by 11-15 mm wide. They are black when ripe.
Edible Uses
The ripe black fruit are edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the understorey in evergreen forest. It also grows along rivers. It can be on Kalahari sand and termite mounds. It can grow on sandy soil. It grows between 50-1,525 m altitude.
Where It Grows
Africa, Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo, East Africa, Gabon, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Southern Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Uganda, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Synonyms
Also Known As
Kasebelele, Muhoto-hoto
References (9)
- Flora Zambesiaca. http://apps.kew.org/efloras
- Fowler, D. G., 2007, Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses. Kew. p 56
- Glover et al, 1969,
- Le Houerou, H. N., (Ed.), 1980, Browse in Africa. The current state of knowledge. International Livestock Centre for Africa, Ethiopia. p 163 (As Canthium venosum)
- Malaisse, F., 1997, Se nourrir en floret claire africaine. Approche ecologique et nutritionnelle. CTA., p 59 (As Canthium venosum)
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- Malaisse, F., 2010, How to live and survive in Zambezian open forest (Miombo Ecoregion). Les Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux. (As Canthium venosum)
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 171
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- www.theplantlist.org
