Lantana viburnoides

(Forssk.) Vahl

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Description

A shrub. It can be scrambling and can grow to 5 m high. The small branches have thorns. The leaves are opposite. The flowers are white.

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The ripe fruit and leaves are eaten.

The ripe fruit are eaten.

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It is a tropical plant. It grows on the edge of the rainforest. It suits humid locations.

Africa, Angola, Botswana, Central Africa, East Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, North Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa,

Lantana salvifolia sensu Dalziel

Geedxamar, Qarqando, Selaole

Ashagre, M., et al, 2016, Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Burji District, Segan Area Zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2016) 12:32
Dalziel 1937,
Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 362
Grivetti, 1976, 1979,
Grivetti, L. E., 1980, Agricultural development: present and potential role of edible wild plants. Part 2: Sub-Saharan Africa, Report to the Department of State Agency for International Development. p 80

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