Natal Plum Fruit Plant (Carissa macrocarpa) Plant Type:Seedling Plant occasionally reaching up to 15

occasionally reaching up to 15 kg

The edible fruit is occasionally gathered from the wild for local use

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Natal Plum Fruit Plant (Carissa macrocarpa) Plant Type:Seedling Plant occasionally reaching up to 15Natal Plum (Carissa macrocarpa) Common Names: Natal plum, large num num, Amathungulu, umThungulu oBomvu General Characteristics: Native: Natal, South Africa. Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane family) Type: Spiny evergreen, perennial shrub Size: Typically a dense thorny shrub, can grow into a small tree up to 4 m high. Flowers: Fragrant white flowers with numerous double pronged thorns. Fruits: Bright red outer skin and flesh, somewhat tapered, sweet and