Hyphaene guineensis Schumach. & Thonn.

Palm tree, in wooded savannah, open forest and mangrove edge.

C.N.: mateba, ditemba, macoto (fruit) (kb); matebeira (pt).

Uses: food, artefacts, fibre, medicinal, rituals.

Conservation: LC (IUCN 2017); VU (Costa et al. 2019)