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Vangueria madagascariensis J.F. Gmel.

RUBIACEAE

Vangueria edulis Vahl.

Voa-vanga (En).

Originating in Africa. Occasionally cultivated there and in India, China, Australia, America and South-East Asia.

The fruits are edible, tasting like apples.

Branched shrub, up to 5 m tall, with soft leaves. Fruit a subglobose berry, 2—3 cm in diameter, wrinkled, greenish-yellow, with 5 seeds. In dry areas at low elevations.

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P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen

Jansen, P.C.M., Jukema, J., Oyen, L.P.A. & van Lingen, T.G., 1991. Vangueria madagascariensis J.F. Gmel.. In: Verheij, E.W.M. and Coronel, R.E. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 2: Edible fruits and nuts. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea