Dovyalis caffra - Kei-apple (50 Seeds)

LOURENS TRADING CC

ITEM: Dovyalis caffra

COMMON NAME: Kei-apple / Kei appel

FAMILY: Flacourtiaceae

SIZE: Up to 3-5m

Dovyalis caffra is a lovely evergreen fruit tree or shrub. It is one of the three Dovyalis species, together with D. zeyheri
(wild apricot) and D. rhamnoides (common sour berry), which are of considerable importance as a source of income for some
local communities in southern Africa. A trial planting of southern African fruit trees in a desert in Israel is also going to include this plant (Dovyalis caffra).
It is an attractive, drought and frost resistant tree or shrub.
Dovyalis caffra is usually 3-5 m in height, but sometimes reaches 8 m with a much branched crown.
It is a tree or spiny shrub of moderate growth rate that may be planted close together to form a good hedge. Creamy green flowers
form in November to December. Male flowers are 3 mm long in dense clusters of 5-10 flowers.
Female flowers are found in groups of up to three on stalks 4-10 mm long in leaf axils. The fruits are
up to 60 mm in diameter and are yellowish orange in colour