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Cassinopsis tinifolia

Botanic Family

Icacinaceae

Author

Harvey

Common Names

• False Lemon Thorn
• Valslemoentjiedoring

Geographical Habitats

• Mozambique
• Cape Provinces
• Natal - South Africa
• Swaziland
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Forest margins
• streamsides

Flowering Times

• Winter to Spring Oct-Apr

Fruiting Times

Evergreen scrambling unarmed shrub or small tree with 4-angled young branchlets. Leaves to 90mm x 50mm, glabrous above. Flowers in axillary much-forked cymes to 30mm across, small white-cream flowers, 3mm diameter. Fruit ovoid to 8mmx 4.5mm, ridged lengthwise, purple-black when ripe.

Fruit edible but not pleasant, bark has medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• Fzim
• The Plant List 2
• FZ