Premna mooiensis

(H. Pearson) W. Pieper

The stinker, Skunk bush

Lamiaceae Edible: Fruit 36 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A shrub with several stems. They can be 2-12 m high. The bark is greyish-brown. The leaves are light green. The branches are angled and smooth. The leaves are clustered towards the ends. Leaves are 1.3-2.5 cm long and 0.8-1.3 cm wide. They are oval and the tips can be blunt or sharp. The base is narrowed. The flowers are sweet smelling. They are white or cream. They occur in loose clusters at the ends of branches. The fruit are small and pear shaped. They are 5 mm long. They are black when ripe. The fruit are edible.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten raw.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten raw.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows at low altitude in rocky areas.

Where It Grows

Africa, Eswatini, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, West Africa,

Other Uses

The wood is durable in the ground and has been used for fencing poles.

Notes

Also put in the family Verbenaceae.

Synonyms

Vitex mooinsis Pears.

Also Known As

Chacha'bane, Mophurokhu, Sidadada, Umcacabane, Umsuzwane, Umtyetyembane

References (7)

Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 363
Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
Palgrave, K.C., 1996, Trees of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers. p 805
Palmer, E and Pitman, N., 1972, Trees of Southern Africa. Vol. 2. A.A. Balkema, Cape Town p 1949
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 198

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Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 71
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