Biology:Vangueria madagascariensis

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Short description: Species of plant

Vangueria madagascariensis
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Vangueria madagascariensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Canthium edule (Vahl) Baill.
  • Canthium maleolens Chiov.
  • Dondisia fetida Hassk.
  • Dondisia foetida Hassk.
  • Vangueria acutiloba Robyns
  • Vangueria commersonii Jacq.
  • Vangueria cymosa C.F.Gaertn.
  • Vangueria edulis Lam.
  • Vangueria edulis Vahl
  • Vangueria floribunda Robyns
  • Vangueria robynsii Tennant
  • Vangueria venosa Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Vavanga chinensis Rohr
  • Vavanga edulis Vahl

Vangueria madagascariensis, commonly known by the names Spanish-tamarind,[2] tamarind-of-the-Indies,[2] or voa vanga,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae native to the African continent having edible fruit.[2] It is the type species of the genus Vangueria and was described in 1791 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin.[4]

Fruit

Vangueria madagascariensis has large, orange fruits that are edible and often consumed locally.

Native distribution

Vangueria madagascariensis is native to Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar , Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa (in KwaZuluNatal and Transvaal), Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania (inclusive of the Zanzibar Archipelago) and Uganda.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/rubiaceae/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Vangueria madagascariensis | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = November 4, 2011 }}
  3. ↑ "Vangueria madagascariensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=VAMA5. 
  4. ↑ Linné C von; Beer GE; Gmelin JF (1791). Systema Natura. 2. Leipzig: Impensis Georg Emanuel Beer. p. 367. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2710367 entry




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