Apocynaceae FAMILY

Ancylobothrys capensis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

Some authors say the fruit are both edible and poisonous, probably referring to the milky latex in the skin that is typically poisonous in most members of the Apocynaceae[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ].

Botanical Description

Wild apricot is a very slow-growing, much-branched twiggy, evergreen shrub that can creep along the ground or scramble upwards to a height of 3 metres or more by clinging to other vegetation by means of tendrils[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. , 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its edible fruit, which is considerd to be the best of the genus and is much esteemed.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - S. Africa to Botswana.

HabitatRocky hillsides[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. A characteristic species of dry bush in rocky situations, growing in grassland and bushveld, mainly on the scarp and summit of rocky outcrops or on plains with rocky ridges. Common on quartzite koppies in the north of its range[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ].