Keetia zanzibarica
(Klotzsch) Bridson
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Description
A shrub or small tree. It can be a woody creeper. It grows 2-6 m tall. The bark is pale grey. The leaves are oval and the base is often unequal and rounded. They have a short blunt tip. Leaves are 5-12 cm long by 2-7 cm wide. The flowers are white or yellowish-green. The fruit are oval or heart shaped and 10-12 mm long. They have 2 seeds.
Edible Uses
The fruit is edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows between sea level and 450 m altitude. It grows on the edge of forests and in wooded grassland.
Where It Grows
Africa, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo DR, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia,
Production
In Central African Republic flowers have been recorded in February and fruit in July.
Synonyms
References (9)
- East African Herbarium records, 1981,
- 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,
- Kenya Trees, Shrubs, Lianas, 1994, nzdl.org
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- Maundu, P. et al, 1999, Traditional Food Plants of Kenya. National Museum of Kenya. 288p
- Mutie, F. M., et al, 2023, Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches. Plants 2023, 12, 1145
- 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
