Natal Plum Fruit Plant (Carissa macrocarpa) Plant Type:Seedling Plant Geographic Range: Indigenous to the

Geographic Range: Indigenous to the miombo woodlands of Southern Africa

African Plum

promoting digestion

adding further value to this already versatile plant

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

Natal Plum Fruit Plant (Carissa macrocarpa) Plant Type:Seedling Plant Geographic Range: Indigenous to theNatal 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