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__NOTOC__{{Plantbox+| name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->+
−| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->+| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->+
−| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->+| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->+
−| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
−| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
−| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
−| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
−| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
−| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
−| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
−| color = IndianRed
−| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
−| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
−| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
−| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
−| divisio = <!--- Phylum -->
−| classis = <!--- Class -->
−| ordo = <!--- Order -->
−| familia = <!--- Family -->
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−'''''Strychnos spinosa''''' is a tree indigenous to tropical and subtropical [[Africa]]. It produces juicy, sweet-sour, yellow fruits, containing numerous hard brown seeds. Greenish-white flowers grow in dense heads at the ends of branches (Sep-Feb/Spring - summer). The [[fruit]] tend to appear only after good rains. The smooth, hard fruit are large and green, ripen to yellow color. Inside the fruit are tightly packed seeds surrounded by a fleshy, edible covering.
−Common names : Spiny Monkey-orange/Green Monkey Orange ([[English language|English]]) Doringklapper ([[Afrikaans]]) Morapa (NS) umKwakwa (Swaziland) Nsala ([[Tswana language|Tswana]]) Mutamba ([[Shona language|Shona]]) Maboque (Angola)
−This tree can be found growing singly in well-drained soils. It is capable of growing on semi-arid and arid lands.
−| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
−| water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
−| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
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−Strychnos spinosa, Lam. Low tree: branchlets slender, armed with pungent spines from the nodes: lvs. obovate or suborbicular, 5-nerved from near the base, glabrous, subcoriaceous: cymes short, dense, terminal, very compound: fls. greenish; calyx-tube very short, segms. linear; corolla-tube short, campanulate, the lobes usually 5, ovate: fr. the size and color of an orange, the shell leathery, the pulp abundant and edible; seeds large. Trop. and S. Afr., Madagascar, and Seychelles. — A promising fr. intro. into the S. U.S.
−Strychnos spinosa, Lam. Low tree: branchlets slender, armed with pungent spines from the nodes: lvs. obovate or suborbicular, 5-nerved from near the base, glabrous, subcoriaceous: cymes short, dense, terminal, very compound: fls. greenish; calyx-tube very short, segms. linear; corolla-tube short, campanulate, the lobes usually 5, ovate: fr. the size and color of an orange, the shell leathery, the pulp abundant and edible; seeds large. Trop. and S. Afr., Madagascar, and Seychelles. — A promising fr. intro. into the S. U. S.
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