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Pappea capensis

Pappea capensis fruit
Common names: jacket plum, Indaba tree, bushveld cherry (Eng.); doppruim (Afr.); umqhokwane, umvuna, indaba (Zulu); ilitye, umgqalutye (Xhosa); mongatane, mopsinyug
Family: Sapindaceae

... red flesh with a dark brown to black seed imbedded within. Pappea capensis is widespread in southern Africa from the ... sucks the oil from the seed on the ground below the tree. Pappea The jacket plum is a worthy addition to any garden no ... or warmer positions of the garden. The generic name Pappea is named after a German physician and plant collector ...

07 / 06 / 2004 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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