Ancylobothrys petersiana

Ancylobothrys petersiana grows as a climbing shrub up to 6 metres (20 ft) tall. Its fragrant flowers feature a creamy or white corolla. Fruit is spherical, up to 6 centimetres (2.4 in) in diameter. Vernacular names include "climbing wild apricot". Habitat is woodland and rocky hillsides.[3] A. petersiana is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, the Comoros and Madagascar.[4]

Ancylobothrys petersiana
Ancylobothrys petersiana[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Ancylobothrys
Species:
A. petersiana
Binomial name
Ancylobothrys petersiana
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Ancylobothrys rotundifolia (Dewèvre) Pierre
  • Landolphia angustifolia K.Schum ex Engl.
  • Landolphia monteiroi N.E. Br.
  • Landolphia petersiana (Klotzsch) Dyer
  • Landolphia senensis (Klotzsch) K.Schum
  • Pacouria angustifolia (K.Schum. ex Engl.) Kuntze
  • Pacouria petersiana (Klotzsch) S.Moore
  • Willughbeia petersiana Klotzsch
  • Willughbeia senensis Klotzsch

The fruit contains edible pulp with a sour taste around the many seeds. It can be eaten out of hand or prepared into a sweetened juice, and it is sold in local markets for this purpose.[5]

References
  1. 1911 illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 137 [= ser. 4, vol. 7]: Tab. 8389
  2. "Ancylobothrys petersiana". The Plant List. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  3. "Ancylobotrys petersiana". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  4. Search for "Ancylobothrys petersiana", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 21 August 2013
  5. Ruffo, Christopher K.; Birnie, Ann; Tengnäs, Bo (2002). Edible wild plants of Tanzania. Regional Land Management Unit/Sida. ISBN 9966-896-62-7.
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