Trichilia retusa
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Meise Botanic Garden
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Description
A shrub or small tree. It is evergreen. It grows 13 m high. The trunk can be fluted and 60 cm across. The leaves have a notch at the end. They are dark green above. The flowers have a fused tube. Male and female flowers are on separate trees.
Edible Uses
The fruit aril is eaten.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows on the edge of forests and in moist savannah woodland. It is usually along river banks.
Where It Grows
Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo DR, Congo R, Nigeria, Sudan, West Africa,
Also Known As
Nyamenyok, Owo
References (3)
- 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 188
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
