Waginos (Brucea antidysenterica)

Family: Simaroubaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Found in tropical Africa, Brucea antidysentericais a monoecious shrub or small tree commonly used in traditional medicine as treatment for dysentry. It grows up to around 7 m high. The bark is grey, the leaves are alternate, and the flowers are green and very small. The bitter fruits reportedly have toxic effects on livestock especially sheep. The bark, fruit, and roots are also used as an anthelmintic and to relieve fever.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Bark/Inner Bark

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring. — Edible portion: Bark - spice.; The bark is used as a bitter flavouring.

Habitat & North American Range

In the lower storeys of evergreen forest and often as secondary growth in deforested areas or at forest edges. Montane forests, forest margins and secondary vegetation, most frequently at elevations of 1,750 - 2,500 metres. (Zone 10)