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Harpephylum (from the Greek for sickle and leaf, in reference to the falcate lfts.). Anacardiaceae. Kafir Plum. Two species, of which H. ciffrum, Bernh., is cult, in Fla. and S. Calif. It is a tall, glabrous tree with hard, heavy wood: lvs. thick, lustrous, imparipinnate, alternate, aggregate at top of branches, stalked; lfts. sessile, falcate-lanceolate: fls. small, in compact axillary panicles, dioecious; calyx with 5 obovate segms.; petals 5, narrow-ovate, imbricate in the bud; stamens 10 in the male fl., somewhat shorter than the petals, inserted below margin of the disk: fr. obovate, with thick woody endocarp, 4-celled, with 2 small, sterile cells, and 2 large fertile cells, dark red, size and shape of a large olive, the very thin pulp having a subacid taste; edible. S. Afr. L.H.B.

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