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Accession Data:

Vangueria madagascariensis J.F.Gmel.

  • Common Name: Spanish Tamarind
  • Family: Rubiaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Trop. & S. Africa, Madagascar
  • Habitat: cleared areas in riverine lowland forests

  • Description: Vangueria madagascariensis has large, edible orange fruits that are often harvested locally from wild plants or occasionally from cultivated plants.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201600007
  • Source: Chiltern 2016 - 1271P
  • Accession Date: 01-08-2016
  • Bench: 1120 - AFR:West Bench SS
    • Currently: active - new growth
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 06-03-2020

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Gentianales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Rubiaceae
  • SubFamily: Ixoroideae
  • Tribe: Vanguerieae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Type Species
  • Edible Plants
  • Plants with Edible Fruits
  • Medicinal Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Benin / Ghana / Mali / Nigeria / Central African Republic / Cameroon / Zaire / Chad / Ethiopia / Sudan / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola / Malawi / Mozambique / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces / Madagascar /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, January 25, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, January 25, 2016.
  3. Vangueria madagascariensis at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Monday, January 25, 2016.
  4. Indigenous multipurpose trees of Tanzania at FAO. Last accessed on Monday, January 25, 2016.

data regenerated on Wed, 17 Jun 2020 20:48:13 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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