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Pappea capensis.

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  2. Hedrick, ed., 1919: Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World.
Botanical name: 
Pappea capensis

Pappea capensis Eckl. & Zeyh. Sapindaceae. Wild Plum.

South Africa. The fruit is edible. A vinous beverage and a vinegar are prepared from it, and an edible, though slightly purgative, oil is expressed from its seeds. Mueller says the fruit is the size of a cherry, savory and edible.


Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.

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