Salacia oliveriana
Loes.
Celastraceae Edible: Fruit
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Description
A creeper or liane. It can be a bushy shrub. The fruit are almost cylinder shape and 10 cm long by 3.5 cm wide. They have a sweet edible pulp.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten raw and has a sweet pulp.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten raw.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the edges of the forest near the coast. It grows from sea level to 530 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Africa, Benin, Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Togo, West Africa,
References (4)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1. Kew.
- Ferns, Useful Tropical Plants
- JSTOR Global Plants edible
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
