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Taxon:  Dacryodes edulis (G. Don) H. J. Lam



Summary
Genus:
Dacryodes
Family:
Burseraceae
Nomen number:
310587
Place of publication:
Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg sér. 3, 12:336. 1932
Verified:
11/12/1993 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pachylobus edulis G. Don

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pachylobus edulis G. Don var. edulis
Pachylobus edulis G. Don var. mubafo Engl.

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Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Borlaug, N. et al., eds. 2008. Fruits: Butterfruit (safou, bush mango). Lost crops of Africa. 3:61-75.
  3. Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
  4. Burkill, H. M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1:307.
  5. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  8. Kalkman, C. 1954. Revision of the Burseraceae of the Malaysian area in the wider sense. Blumea 7:500.
  9. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  10. Keay, R. W. J. 1989. Trees of Nigeria
  11. Leakey, R. R. B. et al. 2004. Evidence that subsistence farmers have domesticated indigenous fruits (Dacryodes edulis and Irvingia gabonensis) in Cameroon and Nigeria. Agroforest. Systems 60:101-111.
  12. Ngatchou, J. N. & J. Kengu. 1989. Review of the African plum tree (Dacroydes edulis). In: G. E. Wickens et al., New crops for food and industry. New crops for food and industry 265-271.
  13. Okafor, J. C. 1990. Development and selection of commercially viable cultivars from forest species for fruit. Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 23a:81-97.
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  15. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
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  17. Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
  18. Silou, T. 1996. Fruits (Paris). 51:47-60.
Common names
English
African-pear –
bush-buttertree –
French
safoutier –
German
Saphubaum –
Portuguese
safu –
Spanish
uva del país –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria s.w.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaSao Tome and Principe  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sao Tome and Principe
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria (s.w.)
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Zambia
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalshade/shelter Burkill, H. M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1:307.
Human foodfruit Burkill, H. M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1:307.
Human foodfruit Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=310587. Accessed 2 June 2025.