Distribution Map

Ximenia caffra var. caffra

As at April 2024, 11 herbarium specimens, 12 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Flora Protection Act: Schedule B
Medicinal
Cultural uses
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Ximenia caffra - (Ematfundfuluka) Rigid shrub, branches tapering to sharp points and becoming short straight often recurred spines. Leaves oval on stalks few mm long, blade 4 cm or more long x 2 cm wide, entire, blunt. Flowers cream-coloured, up to 1 cm long; petals densely woolly on upper surface. Fruit fleshy, red, 3—4 cm long x 2,5 cm diam.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.