Octolobus angustatus
Hutch.
Malvaceae Edible: Seeds
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Description
A shrub or tree reaching up to 8 meters tall in the Malvaceae family, found in the undergrowth of dry forests in tropical West Africa.
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Edible Uses
The seeds are edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in undergrowth in dry forest in West Africa.
Where It Grows
Africa, Benin, Cameroon, Central Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, West Africa,
Notes
Also put in the family Sterculiaceae.
Also Known As
Afinafi, Gantemtino, Tutogboro
References (1)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5. Kew.
