Natal Plum Fruit Plant (Carissa macrocarpa) Plant Type:Seedling Plant and northern South America

and northern South America

Fruit Description:

and alleviating fever

flavorful fruits

the flesh of the fruit is traditionally used to heal wounds

Natal Plum Fruit Plant (Carissa macrocarpa) Plant Type:Seedling Plant and northern South AmericaNatal 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