Lost Crops of Africa Volume III: Fruits (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Carissa jelly, made by straining or sieving the stewed slightly under-ripe fruits and cooking them with sugar, is considered among the finest in South Africa. It is now gaining aficionados in 1 In reality, two closely related species occur in South Africa.
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Instead, they are obtained from scattered ornamentals and hedgerows, both of which are common across southern Africa. This is because various types of the bush are used for property boundaries, screens, ground covers, landscaping accents, barriers against intruders (two legged and four legged)
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, handling the fruits (sticky milky juice) , and preserving the fruits (chilling and handling and dealing with the milky latex juice have yet to be perfected)
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USES Like many species highlighted here, carissa offers many uses, including: Fresh Fruits In South Africa, most carissas are eaten out of hand. For this, they must be fully ripe, dark red, and slightly soft to the touch.
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Even carissa wine is a possibility.5 Hedges Because of the strong spines, this plant makes great barriers. As has been mentioned, it is particularly valued for this in South Africa.
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1986. Edible wild plants of southern Africa: data on nutrient contents of over 300 species.
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The productivity is high, and 3 tons per hectare is considered a minimal yield under commercial production in South Africa. When growing conditions are favorable, the plants produce many off-season fruits as well.
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10 At this point on the manuscript, contributor Cori Ham noted: "The milky latex gave problems in manufacturing nectar. The latex settled out in the bottles into an unattractive white layer and it also stuck to the equipment causing a major cleaning operation."
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Common Names English: carissa, carissa plum, Natal plum, Ethiopia: agam French: carissa South Africa: amatungulu (Zulu) 11, big num-num, grootnoem or grootnoemnoem (Afrikaans)
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Horticultural Varieties Horticulturists in South Africa, California, and Florida have selected and named carissa types that tend to bear more reliably than normal.12 These are now being propagated vegetatively to reproduce them true to form. They tend to have large oval fruits of good texture and few seeds; they mature evenly and have good qualities for making jellies and for pies.
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Related Species Generally speaking, Carissa species in Africa occur in two vast belts from Senegal to Sudan, and from Ethiopia to South Africa. These, too, produce edible fruits.
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