Indigenous fruit trees in your area.

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Matohwe or Azanza garckeana (botanical name)
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This is a very common wild fruit tree in Zimbabwe and the rest of Southern Africa. It grows naturally in the forest but can also be grown in a garden in urban areas. It’s a fast growing indigenous tree. Which normally ripes in winter of the southern hemisphere .

The fruits are a good snack. Some call it the African chewing gum as you have to chew it continuously. Others call it thespesia garckeana. Still others know it as the snot Apple and matohwe is the main shonalanguage name. It falls in the Malvaceae family which is the same family as the common hibscus.

Can you also name a common indigenous fruit tree in your area and country such that we get to know it better thus helping to conserve our environment.

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Wow. It’s really great. Thanks for share.

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@SunMoon You are welcome

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Wandifungisa matohwe wena! Good article

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@Tendy263 chokwadi wena ndiyo nguva yawo ino akuibva pamwedzi unouya iwowu.

Thanks for the compliment.

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Hello @chinyama ,

Thank you for sharing this interesting photo with us. I’ve never seen such a fruit in my life before, wonder how it tastes!

PS: I will put your post in the section Photography on Connect, as it fits better there.

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Thank you @BorrisS for keeping the place tidy.

The fruits are everywhere in Zimbabwe. Actually it’s closest look alike is a cotton ball. They fall in the same family the picture you have is not yet ripe. When they ripen they split along those lines just as cotton does and hairy nature disappear tuning into brownish colour. Very tasteful but can also be liked to a chewing gum.

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Hello @chinyama ,

Thank you for the details, that sounds really interesting to me, as I never seen anything like this before. :slight_smile:

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Hi @chinyama ,
fruit is very healthy and tasty food. Could you say the name of this cute fruit again !!!
Have a nice day !!!

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Thank you fro the compliments @katydarhel the fruit is called Matohwe in the main shona language over here or Azanza garckeana as the botanical name.

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