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Strychnos cocculoides
Also called Bitter Bush Orange, Bitter Monkey Orange, Corky Monkey Orange, Corky Barked Monkey Orange, Kaffir Orange
A deciduous fruiting tree or shrub of southern and eastern Africa, grown for its large, edible monkey orange fruit. It needs a warm, seasonally dry climate and good drainage.
Strychnos cocculoides, also known as the corky-bark monkey orange tree, or Ntonga, and suurklapper in Afrikaans, is a fruiting tree of Southern Africa. It produces a "large, pleasant flavored fruit" (the monkey orange) that is sometimes hard to find in shops but easy to handle. The flavorful fruit is considered a good prospect for further agricultural and economic development in the region.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Strychnos cocculoides 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.
