Mbohoya (Ancylobotrys petersiana)

Family: Apocynaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Mbohoya, Ancylobothrys petersiana, is a tropical, evergreen shrub that climbs over trees and bushes for up to 6 m or more high. The leaves are narrowly oval and leathery and the flowers are white or cream with a distinguished sweet scent. The fruit are yellow or orange when ripe. The raw fruit is edible and best eaten when ripe or nearly ripe. The fruit is round-like with numerous seeds embedded in the soft, fleshy pulp that tastes like guava.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavour has been likened to guavas. — The pulpy flesh is delicious.; The flavour has been likened to guavas.; The fruit is more or less round, with numerous seeds embedded in the soft pulp.; It is eaten when both ripe and nearly ripe.

Habitat & North American Range

In dune scrub, among boulders on rocky hillsides, in mixed woodland. Open bushland or woodland, coastal evergreen forest, dry forest, at elevations from sea level to 400 metres. (Zone 10)