Deinbollia xanthocarpa
(Klotsch) Radlk.
Transvaal soap-berry, Northern soap-berry
SapindaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten as a snack.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows at low altitude in mixed woodland. It also grows near rivers.
Africa, East Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A scrambling shrub or small tree. It grows to 7 m high. The leaves are 8 cm long by 3 cm wide. There can be 3-9 pairs of leaflets. The flower arrangement is 20 cm long. The fruit has 1-2 egg-shaped parts. These are yellow and hairy. They are edible.
Names & Synonyms
Kasikizi, Nhacatarara
Sapindus xanthocarpa KlotzschDeinbollia marginata Ralk.
References (8)
- Flora Zambesiaca. http://apps.kew.org/efloras
- Fowler, D. G., 2007, Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses. Kew. p 59
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 333
- Palgrave, K.C., 1996, Trees of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers. p 529
- Palmer, E and Pitman, N., 1972, Trees of Southern Africa. Vol. 2. A.A. Balkema, Cape Town p 1353
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 180
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 100
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
