Rub-rub currant
Searsia incisa var. effusa

Family: Anacardiaceae

What it is like

A shrub. The leaves are dark green above and have soft creamy hairs underneath. The leaves are irregular and have shallow teeth. The fruit are in clusters on small spur like branches. The hairs are rubbed off before eaten.

Where it is found

It is a subtropical plant.

Countries/locations it is found in

Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa, Zambia

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Fruit

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Inhlokotshane

Synonyms

Rhus incisa var. effusa Presl.; Rhus incisa var. obovata Schonland; Rhus sinuata var. effusa Presl.;