Searsia populifolia
(E. Mey. ex Sond.) Moffett
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Description
A shrub. It grows 2.5 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The flowers are greenish-yellow. The fruit is lens-shaped and yellowish-brown.
Edible Uses
Fruit are eaten and also used to curdle milk.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten. They are also used to curdle milk.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Namibia, South Africa*, Southern Africa,
Synonyms
Rhus populifolia E. Mey. ex Sond.
Toxicodendron populifolium (E. Mey. ex Sond.) Kuntze
References (2)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 16
- 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
