Uvaria leptocladon
Oliv.
Description
A shrub or small tree. It has an aroma. It can grow 3 m tall. It can be a woody climber 6 m long. The branches have small rusty coloured hairs when young. The leaves are oblong and 1-10 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. They are round or heart shaped at the base. The flowers are opposite the leaves and can occur singly or as 2 together. There are 6-7 yellow petals. The fruit are oval and 1-2 cm long. The seeds are brown and shiny with at least one sharp edge.
Edible Uses
The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten ripe and raw.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia,
Also Known As
Chochum, Muralatse, Shalooley, Zebko
References (4)
- Brevard County Edible Acres
- JSTOR Global Plants edible
- Kidane, B., et al, 2014, Ethnobotany of Wild and Semi-wild Edible Fruit Species used by Maale and Ari Ethnic Communities in South Ethiopia. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. Vol. 12, 1546-3465-12-455
- Teklehaymanot, T & Giday, M., 2010, Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants of Kara and Kwego semi-pastoralist people in Lower Omo River Valley, Debub Omo Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia Journ. of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 6:23
