Marantochloa leucantha
(K. Schum.) Milne-Redh.
Yoruba soft cane
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Description
A scrambling herb. The stem can be straight or branching. It grows 3-4 m high. The nodes are swollen. The flowers are in a branched group. They are white. The fruit is white or red.
Edible Uses
The fruit and aril are edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows as an under-shrub of the non-swampy forest in West Africa.
Where It Grows
Africa, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Guinea, Guinée, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, West Africa,
Notes
In Slovenia presumably in a hot house.
Synonyms
Marantochloa flexuosa Hutch.
References (4)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4. Kew.
- Chapman, J. D. & Chapman, H. M., 2001, The Forest Flora of Taraba and Andamawa States, Nigeria. WWF & University of Canterbury. p 210
- http://www.botanic-gardens-ljubljana.com/en/plants
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
