Habitat: sand dunes and edges of coastal forests in Eastern Cape Province
Description: A South African shrub used as a hedge or free standing shrub because of its interestingly formed branches and shiny deep-green leaves, offset by white and pink flowers. The plant bears a 2" egg-shaped red fruit that exudes a white astringent latex unless fully ripe. The fruit can be eaten out-of-hand but does make good cranberry-like preserves. It is a salt tolerant plant.
WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Forest & Kim Starr [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
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