The plants of Africa
Savanes et Sahel : baobab, marula, tamarin, moringa, néré.
27 entries
HarmlessAfrican Baobab
Adansonia digitata
🍽️💊🏜️🌍
⚠️ Confusion: No known dangerous confusion
HarmlessAfrican Locust Bean
Parkia biglobosa
🍽️💊🌍
⚠️ Confusion: No known dangerous confusion
ToxicApple of Sodom
Calotropis procera
☠️🏜️🌍
ToxicCandelabra tree
Euphorbia candelabrum
☠️🌍🏜️
⚠️ Confusion: Cactus (due to silhouette resemblance, convergent evolution)
Low toxicityCape aloe (Bitter aloe)
Aloe ferox
💊🌍🏜️
⚠️ Confusion: Aloe vera (true aloe)
Low toxicityCarissa (wild Natal plum, num-num)
Carissa edulis
🍽️💊🌍
⚠️ Confusion: Unripe or slightly pink fruit from the same plant
ToxicCassava
Manihot esculenta
🍽️☠️🌴🌍191 kcal
⚠️ Confusion: Sweet cassava vs. bitter cassava
DeadlyCastor Oil Plant
Ricinus communis
☠️🫒🌴🌍
⚠️ Confusion: No common edible look-alike
HarmlessChrist's Thorn Jujube
Ziziphus spina-christi
🍽️💊🌍🏜️
⚠️ Confusion: No known dangerous confusion
ToxicColocynth (bitter apple)
Citrullus colocynthis
☠️🏜️🫒🌍
⚠️ Confusion: Wild / cultivated watermelon
Low toxicityDesert date (balanites)
Balanites aegyptiaca
🍽️💊🌍🏜️
⚠️ Confusion: No known dangerous confusion
HarmlessGrewia (Sahel raisin)
Grewia bicolor
🍽️🌍
⚠️ Confusion: No known dangerous look-alikes
HarmlessGum acacia (Senegal acacia)
Senegalia senegal
🍽️💊🪓🌍🏜️
⚠️ Confusion: No known dangerous confusion
HarmlessHibiscus (roselle, bissap)
Hibiscus sabdariffa
🍽️💊🌴🌍
⚠️ Confusion: No known dangerous look-alikes
HarmlessIndian Jujube (Sahel Apple)
Ziziphus mauritiana
🍽️🌍🌴
⚠️ Confusion: Christ's Thorn Jujube
HarmlessMarula
Sclerocarya birrea
🍽️💊🌍
⚠️ Confusion: No known dangerous confusion
HarmlessMoringa
Moringa oleifera
🍽️💊🌴🌍64 kcal
⚠️ Confusion: No known dangerous look-alikes
DeadlyRosary pea (jequirity bean, Indian liquorice)
Abrus precatorius
☠️🌍🌴
⚠️ Confusion: Red sandalwood / Bead tree seeds, non-toxic and used in jewelry
ToxicSausage Tree
Kigelia africana
🍽️💊🌍
⚠️ Confusion: No known dangerous confusion
HarmlessShea tree
Vitellaria paradoxa
🍽️💊🌍
⚠️ Confusion: No known dangerous look-alikes
DeadlyStrophanthus (arrow poison liana)
Strophanthus gratus
☠️🌍
⚠️ Confusion: No dangerous food confusion specifically documented
HarmlessSycamore fig
Ficus sycomorus
🍽️💊🌍
⚠️ Confusion: Common fig
HarmlessTamarind
Tamarindus indica
🍽️💊🌍🌴239 kcal
⚠️ Confusion: No known dangerous look-alikes
HarmlessToothbrush Tree (siwak/miswak)
Salvadora persica
🍽️💊🏜️🌍
⚠️ Confusion: Desert date (balanites)
HarmlessUmbrella thorn acacia
Vachellia tortilis
🍽️🪢🏜️🌍
⚠️ Confusion: Gum acacia
HarmlessVelvet tamarind
Dialium guineense
🍽️🌍
⚠️ Confusion: No known dangerous confusion
Low toxicityXimenia (African wild plum)
Ximenia americana
🍽️💊🌍
⚠️ Confusion: No known dangerous confusion regarding the fruit