Distribution Map

Dovyalis caffra

As at April 2024, 4 herbarium specimens, 9 photo records, 36 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
Cultural uses
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Dovyalis caffra - (Kei Apple) Very robust large shrub with rigid zigzag stems and straight spines up to 7 cm long, hairless. Leaves oval, toothless, blunt narrowing to very short stalk, often few in cluster on lateral swollen short shoots, up to 5 cm long x 3 cm wide. Fruit fleshy, yellow, spherical, many-seeded, c 3 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.