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MOROJWA

⇒ ENGLISH NAME;Snot apple

⇒ SCIENTIFIC NAME;Azanza

garckeana

⇒

⇒ DISCRIPTION;An evergreen shrub

to medium-sized tree. Branchlets
have woolly hairs. Leaves are

rough, stellate (star-shaped)
hairs on the upper surface, and

soft hairs on the lower surface.
Flowers are solitary, yellow, with a maroon patch in the centre. The fruit is a

yellowish green to brown, five-lobed woody capsule, and is edible. It grows up
to 10m in height.

⇒ WHERE THEY ARE FOUND;The species is northern in distribution and its occur-
rence in the south is probably due to introductions.

⇒ USES; the fruit can be eaten raw. It can be

boiled
and used

as a relish
or made

into a por-
ridge

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