Description
A savanna tree bearing a strawberry-flavoured fruit, an important wild food across Africa.
Medicinal Uses
Used for toothache, pneumonia, fever, fractures, and wounds; root extracts treat cataracts and earache; seed extracts treat dysentery.
Food Uses
The ripe fruit is eaten raw, cooked, or made into juice or jam; oil-rich seeds are roasted, boiled, or ground for use in soups.
Cultivation
A wild savanna tree, not commonly cultivated.
