01-28-2015, 12:09 PM
There is only one variety of Natal Palm (Carissa macrocarpa). Some cultivars produce better fruit, but you are unlikely to find these outside of its native South Africa. ("Natal" as in the province in South Africa.)
The fruit is not poisonous and neither are the leaves and other parts of the bush. Like other fruits, the Natal Plum has to be ripe before one can eat it. Let it get soft and red before trying it. You are certainly not going to tear out your mango tree in order to plant more Natal Plum bushes, but the fruit is tasty enough. The bush is quite thorny, but getting to the fruit is not all that difficult.
-Veritas odium parit”(Terence 195–159 BC))-"Truth begets hatred".
The fruit is not poisonous and neither are the leaves and other parts of the bush. Like other fruits, the Natal Plum has to be ripe before one can eat it. Let it get soft and red before trying it. You are certainly not going to tear out your mango tree in order to plant more Natal Plum bushes, but the fruit is tasty enough. The bush is quite thorny, but getting to the fruit is not all that difficult.
-Veritas odium parit”(Terence 195–159 BC))-"Truth begets hatred".
-Veritas odium parit”(Terence 195–159 BC))-"Truth begets hatred".