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Salacia pyriformioides

Loes.

Celastraceae Edible: Fruit

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Description

A tropical climbing shrub or creeper in the Celastraceae family.

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Edible Uses

The fruit is eaten.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Africa, Central Africa, Congo DR,

Also Known As

Amanbunonbuno

References (1)

  • 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

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