Allophylus ferrugineus
Taub.
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Description
A shrub or small tree. It grows up to 4 m high. It can be a creeper. The branches are weak and arch over. There are up to 25 large leaflets. The flowers are in a group 18 cm long.
Edible Uses
The sweet fruit is eaten fresh, and the leaves are also edible.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are sweet and are eaten fresh.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the mountain rainforest. It suits humid locations. It grows between 300-2,500 m above sea level. It can be on termite mounds.
Where It Grows
Africa, Angola, Burundi, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, West Africa,
Synonyms
Allophyllus angongensis Baker f.Allophyllus brachycalyx Baker f.Allophyllus cuneatus Beker.f.Allophyllus latifoliolatus Baker.f.Allophyllus leptocaulus De Wild. & T. DurandAllophyllus macrobotrys Gilgamd others
Also Known As
Athow
References (6)
- Awas, T., 1997, A Study on the Ecology and Ethnobotany of Non-cultivated Food Plants and Wild Relatives of Cultivated crops in Gambella Region, Southwestern Ethiopia. Addis Ababa University. p 65 (As Allophylus macrobotrys)
- East African Herbarium records, 1981, (As Allophylus macrobotrys)
- Lulekal, E., et al, 2011, Wild edible plants in Ethiopia: a review on their potential to combat food insecurity. Afrika Focus - Vol. 24, No 2. pp 71-121 (As Allophylus macrobotrys)
- 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 180 (As Allophylus macrobotrys)
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- White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. and Chapman, J. D., 2001, Evergreen Forest Flora of Malawi. Kew. p 525 (As Allophylus macrobotrys)
