Dacryodes osika
(Gillaumin) H. J. Lam.
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Jacques Bié Mba, West & Central Africa programme
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Jacques Bié Mba, West & Central Africa programme
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Jacques Bié Mba, West & Central Africa programme
Description
A tropical tree in the Burseraceae family. The fruit are sold in markets and eaten by cooking or roasting the fruit pulp.
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Edible Uses
The fruit pulp is cooked or roasted and eaten.
Traditional Uses
The fruit pulp is cooked or roasted and eaten.
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Known Hazards
This is an at-risk plant.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Central Africa, Congo DR, Congo R,
Production
Fruit production is seasonal. In Congo fruit are available from July to October.
Other Information
Fruit are sold in markets.
Notes
It is an at risk plant.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Angbokase, Bohelenga, Ibelesau, Ibele sawu, Isafu, Isawusawu, Mbele, Ngiangia, Okololo, Osika, Osukikelele, Sau, Tobele, Tsipotupatu, Ugbagba, Usowu
References (7)
- Mosango M., Szafranski F., 1985, Plantes sauvages à fruits comestibles dans les environs de Kisangani (Zaïre). In: Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée, 32e année, pp. 177-190 (As Dacryodes yangambiensis)
- Onana, J. M., 2008, A synoptic revision of Dacryodes (Burseraceae) in Africa, with a new species from Central Africa. KEW BULLETIN VOL. 63: 385–400
- Terashima, H., Ichikawa, M. & Ohta, L., (Ed.), 1991, A Flora: Catalog of Useful Plants of Tropical Africa. African study monographs. Supplementary issue (1991), 16:195 (As Dacryodes yangambiensis)
- Termote, C., et al, 2011, Eating from the wild: Turumbu, Mbole and Bali traditional knowledge of non-cultivated edible plants, District Tshopo, DRCongo, Gen Resourc Crop Evol. 58:585-618
- Termote,C., Dheda Djailo, B., Everaert, G., Haesaert, S., Van Damme, P., 2007, Use and Socio-Economic Value of Wild Edible Plants by the Turumbu, TshopoDistrict, DRCongo (As Dacryodes yangambiensis)
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- Termote, C., et al, 2012, Wild Edible Plant Markets in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Human Ecology 40:269-285
- Termote, C., 2012, Wild edible plant use in Tshopo District, Democratic Republic of Congo. Universiteit Gent. p 70
