Urera thonneri
De Wild. et T. Durand
Urticaceae Edible: Leaves
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Ehoarn Bidault
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Ehoarn Bidault
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Ehoarn Bidault
Description
A woody creeper found in tropical Africa, growing in both dry forest and seasonally flooded forest environments.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are cooked as a leafy vegetable.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are cooked as a leafy vegetable.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It can grow in dry forest and seasonally flooded forest.
Where It Grows
Africa, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo DR,
Also Known As
Likile
References (1)
- 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
