| Dacryodes klaineana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Burseraceae |
| Genus: | Dacryodes |
| Species: | D. klaineana |
| Binomial name | |
| Dacryodes klaineana (Pierre) H.J.Lam | |
Dacryodes klaineana is an evergreen perennial tree within the Burseraceae family. It is locally called Monkey plum and African cherry fruit as a result of its edible pulp.
Description
The species is capable of growing up 25 meters tall and reaching 60 cm in diameter. Leaves, alternate arrangement, imparipinnately compound, between 2 - 4 pairs of leaflets per pinnae, younger trees tend to have more pairs of leaflets; petiole with a size range between 2.5 x 6.5 cm long, glabrous lamina. Leaf-blade: narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate, 4.5 x 18 cm long and 2 x 6.5 cm wide, petiolules of the terminal leaflet slightly longer while those of the lower pairs slightly shorter than others and also with shorter leaflets. Flowers, pale creamy corolla. Fruit, ovoid berry, pointed at the top and orange when ripe with edible pulp.
Distribution
Occurs in West Tropical Africa and in parts Central Africa. Trades under the name Adjouaba.
Uses
Traditional healers use root extracts to treat skin diseases while leaf is used as part of a process to treat painful menstruation.
References
- ^ Voorhoeve, A. G. (1979). Liberian high forest trees : a systematic botanical study of the 75 most important or frequent high forest trees, with reference to numerous related species (2nd impr ed.). Wageningen: Pudoc. pp. 80–86. ISBN 90-220-0701-4. OCLC 63303450.
- "Adjouaba (Dacryodes klaineana)". ITTO. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- Ogheneovo, Ogboru Rachel; Oseigbokan, Akideno Lawson; Olabisi, Rafiu Basirat; Oduola, Lawal Ibraheem (2019). "Phytochemical Screening and Mineral Analysis of the Pulp of Dacryodes klaineana (Pierre) H.J.LAM". S2CID 213895702.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - Tee, Lee Hong; Yang, Bao; Nagendra, Krishnamurthy Prasad; Ramanan, Ramakrishnan Nagasundara; Sun, Jian; Chan, Eng-Seng; Tey, Beng Ti; Azlan, Azrina; Ismail, Amin; Lau, Cheng Yuon; Jiang, Yueming (2014). "Nutritional compositions and bioactivities of Dacryodes species: A review". Food Chemistry. 165: 247–255. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.05.084. PMID 25038673.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Dacryodes klaineana | |