Fadogia stenophylla
Welw. ex Hiern
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Description
A shrubby herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a slender, creeping woody rhizome or underground stem. It grows 6-40 cm high. The leaves are in rings. The fruit is round and red and 1 cm across.
Edible Uses
The round red fruit is eaten raw.
Traditional Uses
The fruit is eaten raw.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in open woodland. It grows between 1,250-2,150 m above sea level. It can withstand bushfires re-growing from the rhizome.
Where It Grows
Africa, Angola, Burundi, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Malawi, Mozamnique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Cultivation
Plants can withstand annual bush fires, resprouting from the woody rhizome once the fire is past.
Also Known As
Kambolambola, Kindokoli, Nakalpondo
References (2)
- Ruffo, C. K., Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B., 2002, Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania. RELMA p 321
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
