Joy perfume tree (Pentadiplandra brazzeana)

Family: Pentadiplandraceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Pentadiplandra brazzeana or commonly known as Joy Perfume Tree is a tropical plant that has two forms - it can be a small and climbing plant that can be up to 20 m long or a well-branched shrub that can be up to 5 m tall. It is the only species in the Pentadiplandra genus and it can be found in Africa. The roots are used medicinally to treat a wide range of conditions that are mostly related to childbirth and skin problems.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries, Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring. — Fruit - raw or as a flavouring.; The red pulp is eaten as a snack, especially by children, or is sometimes used to sweeten maize porridge.; The red or mottled grey fruit is a globose berry 35 - 50mm in diameter, containing many seeds.; The protein brazzein, originally extracted from the fruit pulp,.

Habitat & North American Range

Common in upland primary forest dominated by Scorodophleus zenkeri, and also commonly occurs on river banks and in secondary forest. In Cameroon, the plant is mainly found in forest edges bordering savannah. It is nowhere gregarious. (Zone 10)