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Definition of Amatungulu

1. Noun. Very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amatungulu

Literary usage of Amatungulu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natal: A History and Description of the Colony : Including Its Natural by Henry Brooks (1876)
"... its bearing a really valuable fruit, which is familiarly known as the 'Natal plum;' the native name of tins plant is amatungulu, and the botanical name ..."

2. Reports on the Colonial Sections of the Exhibition by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1887)
"Among these the most striking and interesting were the amatungulu or Natal plum (Carissa grandiflora), of the natural order Apocynaceae, which ripens with a ..."

3. The emigrant's guide to the colony of Natal by Robert James Mann (1868)
"There are two, and perhaps only two, wild native fruits that are deserving of a passing notice. These are the amatungulu, or native plum, and the Kei apple. ..."

4. Guide to Southern Africa by Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company (1893)
"Among these are the mango, rose- apple, pine-apple, banana, custard-apple, papau, guava, grenadilla, amatungulu, loquat, shaddock and ..."

5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1907)
"amatungulu. From Cape Town, South Africa. Presented by the Corporation of the City of Cape Town Public Gardens. Received May 21, 1906. (See No. ..."

6. Natal Plants: Descriptions and Figures of Natal Indigenous Plants, with by John Medley Wood, Maurice Smethurst Evans (1899)
"Native name " amatungulu." Fig. 1, Twigs with leaves, flower and fruit; 2, Corolla, front view; 3, Section of corolla, short style form ; За, Same, ..."

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