Salacia lomensis
Loes.
Celastraceae Edible: Fruit
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Description
An evergreen scrambling shrub. It grows 2 m tall. The flowers are buff coloured. The fruit are orange to red.
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Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten.
Distribution
A tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Ghana, Togo, West Africa,
References (5)
- Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
- Busson, 1965,
- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 160
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 81
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
