mchongoma (in Swahili)

Flacourtiaceae (coffee plum family) » Flacourtia indica

 

flak-KOOR-tee-uh -- named for Etienne de Flacourt, director of the Fr. East India Company

IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India

 

commonly known as: batoka plum, flacourtia, governor’s plum, Indian plum, Madagascar plum, Mauritius plum, Rhodesia plum • Gujarati: લોદરી lodari • Hindi: बिलाङ्गड़ा bilangada • Konkani: बाभुळी तांबट babhuli tambat • Malayalam: കരിമുള്ളി karimulli • Marathi: अठरुन athruna, तांबूट tambut • Sanskrit: श्रृववृक्ष shruvavrikksha • Tamil: சொத்தைக்களா cottai-k-kala • Telugu: నక్కనేరేడు nakka-neredu

 

Native to: tropical Africa, southern Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia; naturalized elsewhere

 

 

References: Flowers of India • World Agroforestry Centre • NPGS • M.M.P.N.D. • ENVIS

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