Vangueria ferruginea
(Welw.) ined.
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Description
A small shrub. It grows 30-50 cm tall. The fruit are yellowish-green and hairy. They are about 12 mm across.
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Edible Uses
Fruit - raw. The yellowish-green, hairy fruit is about the size of a cherry. About 12mm in diameter. The fruit is traditionaly held to be unsuitable and 'weakening' for young people in Namibia.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten raw.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in deep sands and rocky thickets. It grows in semi-arid places.
Where It Grows
Africa, Angola, Botswana, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Namibia, Southern Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Cultivation
A plant of the semi-arid tropics and subtropics.
