Dobera loranthifolia

(Warb.) Harms

Salvadoraceae Edible: Fruit

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Description

It is very similar to Dobera glabra. It is an evergreen tree. It grows 15 m tall. The bark is corky and flakes off in small patches. The leaves are grey-green and leathery. They are oval and 2-10 cm long by 1-7 cm wide. They are rounded or wedge shaped at the base. The flowers are white. They are in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. The fruit is oval and wrinkled. They are 1-2 cm long by 1 cm wide. They are yellow-green when ripe. The seed is oval.

Edible Uses

The fruit is eaten after repeated boiling.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten after repeated boiling.

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Distribution

In Kenya it grows between sea level and 800 m altitude. It can grow in arid places.

Where It Grows

Africa, East Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania,

Synonyms

Dobera macalusoi Mattei

Also Known As

Dende, Garas, Kkuha, Kisiu, Msega, Mswaki, Turaar

References (7)

East African Herbarium records, 1981,
Maundu, P. et al, 1999, Traditional Food Plants of Kenya. National Museum of Kenya. 288p
Morgan, W. T. W., 1981, Ethnobotany of the Turkana: Use of plants by a Pastoral People and Their Livestock in Kenya. Economic Botany 35(1):96-130
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 178

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 10th June 2011]
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew