African Peach (photo courtesy Top Tropicals - toptropicals.com)
African Peach
Nauclia latifolia
Rubiaceae family
Grown from 3 x seedlings
Unrelated to the common Peach. Dark red flesh, sweet & juicy, flavour between an apple and a strawberry.
The fruit can be eaten fresh, as a juice with sugars or dried naturally and used afterwards; flower heads can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable. Reported to have medicinal properties for e.g. diabetes, fever, indigestion and coughs.
Native to West Tropical Africa.
The tree prefers dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.
Nauclia latifolia
Rubiaceae family
Grown from 3 x seedlings
Unrelated to the common Peach. Dark red flesh, sweet & juicy, flavour between an apple and a strawberry.
The fruit can be eaten fresh, as a juice with sugars or dried naturally and used afterwards; flower heads can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable. Reported to have medicinal properties for e.g. diabetes, fever, indigestion and coughs.
Native to West Tropical Africa.
The tree prefers dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.
African Peach flower at LCG February 2025 (photo credit: Jacqui Lachmann)
African Peach at LCG December 2024 (photo credit: Jacqui Lachmann)
African Peach at LCG August 2022 (photo credit: Graham Bond)
