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Carissa macrocarpa - Natal Plum


Carissa macrocarpa - Natal Plum (Carissa macrocarpa (Amantungula))

This is another very common hedge plant. It bears edible fruit almost all year...and the blossoms are fragrant.



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They taste exactly like a plum. They have white sap in the fruit though...and many people think they are poisonous. This plant is in the Apocyanaceae family which includes such genera as: Oleander, and Plumeria.

13 Oct, 2008



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