Tricalysia okelensis
Hiern
Description
A straggling shrub or small tree. It can be 5 m high. The leaves are simple and opposite. There are 3 varieties. The flowers are white.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is occasionally eaten in West Africa.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in savannah woodland and on the edges of forests. In Nigeria it is recorded at 1,440 m above sea level. It is often along rocky stream banks.
Where It Grows
Africa, Burkina Faso, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, West Africa,
Other Information
It is occasionally eaten in West Africa.
Synonyms
Tricalysia oblanceolata Hutch. & DalzielTricalysia pobeguinii Hutch. & DalzielLasianthus okelensis Schweinf. ex Hiern
Also Known As
Aburo, Sungala dion
References (2)
- Ambe, G., 2001, Les fruits sauvages comestibles des savanes guinéennes de Côte-d’Ivoire : état de la connaissance par une population locale, les Malinké. Biotechnol. Agron. Soc. Environ. 5(1), 43-48
- Chapman, J. D. & Chapman, H. M., 2001, The Forest Flora of Taraba and Andamawa States, Nigeria. WWF & University of Canterbury. p 200
