🌍African Traditional Medicine
Natal Plum
Carissa macrocarpa
About Natal Plum
Natal Plum (Carissa macrocarpa) is a herb used in the African Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Heart Health, High Blood Pressure, and Digestive Issues. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Carissa macrocarpa is a shrub native to South Africa. It is commonly known as the Natal plum and, in South Africa, the large num-num. In Zulu, as well as in the Bantu tribes of Uganda, it is called Amathungulu or umThungulu oBomvu. In Afrikaans the fruit is called noem-noem.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal