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Dialium orientale is a shrub or tree in the pea and bean family, native to dry tropical coastal areas of East Africa from southern Somalia to northeast Tanzania. Its fruit, called pepeta, is a popular snack in Kenya.
Dialium orientale is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae.It is found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. The fruit of this tree is a popular snack in Kenya and known as pepeta. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dialium orientale by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
