Dichapetalum rhodesicum

Sprague & Hutch.

Dichapetalaceae Edible: Fruit 8 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A small shrub. It grows 1.2 m high and keeps growing from year to year. It is succulent. The bark is light brown and hairy. The leaves are green and broadly oval. They are 8-10 cm long. They taper to the tip. The leaves have velvety hairs underneath. The flowers are 3 cm long. They occur as a few flowers in the axils of leaves. Flowers have a reddish covering outside. The flowers are white. The fruit are oval and have a grey covering.

Edible Uses

The fruit pulp is eaten raw.

Traditional Uses

The fruit pulp is eaten raw.

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Distribution

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in hot arid places. It can be in areas with a dry season of 6-11 months. It grows in well-drained sandy soils. It can grow in arid places.

Where It Grows

Africa, Botswana, East Africa, Namibia, Southern Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

Also Known As

Jul'hoan, Munkuguru, Sivato

References (6)

Maguire, 1978,
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 104
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 16th April 2011]
Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 51
Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179

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