Boni: Balambale.
Orma: Danis.
Sanye: Danisa.
Habitat: grassland, forming whole stands; forest margins; up to 500 m altitude.
Use: fruit is edible, very sweet; branches for bows.
BotanyShrub or tree, 1 to 10 m tall.
Stem: multiple branching from the base.
Leaves: dark green; broadly ovate; densely scaly; rough feel.
Flowers: yellow, fading to pale purple, the centre is pink to purple, petals to 40 mm long.
Fruit: roundish, fleshy turning yellow when ripe, 1-2” wide.