African Peach (Nauclea latifolia)

Family: Rubiaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

African Peach or Nauclea latifolia is a deciduous flowering plant with an open canopy and growing up to 9 m tall. It has small branches that are thick and drooping. The bark is dark gray, fibrous, and cracked. The leaves are shiny green, oval, and rounded at the base but pointed at the tip. The flowers are white-yellow and occur in a single rounded heads. It can be cooked and consumed as vegetable.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet with a taste of ripe apple. — The pulp is deep red, watery, sweet with a taste of ripe apple.; The fruit is said to resemble a strawberry in taste and texture.; The globose fruit is about 8cm in diameter.; Flower heads - cooked and eaten as a vegetable.

Habitat & North American Range

Dry savannah and thickets. A savannah shrub sometimes found in undisturbed fringing forest and closed savannah woodland. (Zone 10)