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Inhambanella henriquesii
Inhambanella henriquesii is a medium-sized evergreen tree from coastal forests of eastern Africa, growing up to 25 m tall with coppery-red young leaves and edible red fruit. It is a native forest tree rather than a common garden plant, so it is best suited to frost-free, seasonally dry tropical conditions.
Inhambanella henriquesii, commonly known as milk pear, milk-pear, or milkpear in English, melkpeer in Afrikaans, and umbenkela or umthungulu in Zulu, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to eastern Africa, ranging from Kenya to Kwazulu-Natal Province of South Africa.
It is a medium-sized evergreen tree, growing up to 25 meters tall. Young leaves are brilliant coppery–red in color, maturing to green. The bark is dark brown or grey, exuding copious amounts of white latex when cut. Fruits are red when mature, 2 to 4 cm in diameter, subglobose or ellipsoid in shape, with an edible pulp. Seeds are up to 3 cm long.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Inhambanella henriquesii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
