Afzelia africana. Afzelia quanzensis.

Afzelia africana Sm. Leguminosae.

African tropics. A portion of the seed is edible.

Afzelia quanzensis Welw. Makola.

Upper Nile. The young purple-tinted leaves are eaten as a spinach.


Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.