Pappea capensis Seeds

Pappea capensis Seeds

Family: Sapindaceae (litchi or soap-berry family)
Common names: Jacket Plum, Indaba tree, Bushveld Cherry; Doppruim

The red fruit of this tree is a tasty treat for humans and a firm favourite with birds and animals. A fine oil is extracted from the seeds. The jacket plum is related to the litchi and is a natural addition for the bird or wildlife garden. It is easily cultivated, although slow-growing in colder climates.

The jacket plum is a long-lived, hardy, evergreen, small to medium tree with a height of 2-8 m. Under ideal conditions it can grow at a moderate rate but can be slow-growing under dry and/or cold conditions.

The fruit is eaten by various frugivorous birds and animals which in turn distribute the seeds in their droppings. The leaves are browsed by game such as elephant, giraffe, kudu, nyala, bushbuck, and grey duiker as well as domestic stock animals.

The jacket plum has also been recorded as the larval food plant to the caterpillars of the following butterflies of southern Africa:

Common hairtail butterfly (Anthene definita definita)
Brown playboy butterfly (Virachola antalus)
Pearlspotted charaxes (Charaxes jahlusa)
Gold-banded forester (Euphaedra neophron)

The sweetly scented flowers attract a wide variety of insects which in turn attract many birds.

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