Walking by these bushes with red, green, mixed colored fruits in the Huntington Library is like seeing the Christmas lights hanging on the trees. It makes me feel festive and joyful. Carissa macrocarpa is commonly known as commonly known as the Natal plum, amathungulu, big num-num or large num-num. It is a shrub native to tropical and southern Africa. It deals well with salt-laden winds, making it a good choice for coastal areas. It produces shiny, deep green leaves and snowy white flowers whose perfumed scent intensifies at night.
在亨廷頓圖書館中，走過這些有著紅色，綠色，彩色果實的灌木叢，就像看到樹上掛著的聖誕燈一樣。 讓我感到有過節和快樂的氣氛。大花假虎刺又名卡利撒、美國櫻桃。它是一種原產於熱帶和南部非洲的灌木。它可以抵擋含鹽風，是沿海地區理想種植的植物。它有閃亮的深綠色葉子和白雪皚皚的花朵，夜晚散發出濃郁的香氣。
Photo Date: 2020.09.03 Location: The Huntington Library
Notes 筆記
- Carissa macrocarpa is commonly known as commonly known as the Natal plum, amathungulu, big num-num or large num-num. It is a shrub native to tropical and southern Africa.
- It deals well with salt-laden winds, making it a good choice for coastal areas. It’s tolerant of various lighting conditions and is a popular landscaping plant. Because of its double spines it makes a popular security hedge.
- It produces shiny, deep green leaves and snowy white flowers whose perfumed scent intensifies at night.
- Nearly all parts of the Natal Plum are poisonous, like the Oleander, except for the red-ripe fruit. Similarly to figs Natal plums contain an edible latex which is released when they are cooked. The fruit can be eaten fresh out of hand or sliced and added to salads. They taste like a slightly sweet cranberry with the texture of a ripe strawberry — some say like a sightly unripe cherry. Combine with herbs and Indian spices to make pickles. Cook down to make jams, sauces, soup, chutney and pie filling.
- Natal plum fruit contains vitamin A and B and are extremely high in vitamin C, charting even higher in the nutrient than citrus fruits.
- 大花假虎刺又名卡利撒、美國櫻桃。。它是一種原產於熱帶和南部非洲的灌木。
- 它可以抵擋含鹽風，是沿海地區理想種植的植物。它可以承受各種光照條件，是一種流行的園林植物。由於其雙刺，它常拿來用作防危險的樹籬。
- 它有閃亮的深綠色葉子和白雪皚皚的花朵，夜晚散發出濃郁的香氣。
- 除了紅色成熟的果實外，像夾竹桃一樣它幾乎所有部分都有毒。與無花果相似，它煮熟後會釋放出含有可食用的乳膠來。果實可以直接食用，也可以切成薄片加入沙拉中。 它們的味道像稍甜的蔓越莓但帶有成熟的草莓質地，有人說像是未成熟的櫻桃。它可結合香草和印度香料製成泡菜。 煮熟後做果醬，醬汁，湯，酸辣醬和餅餡。
- 含有維生素A和B，並且維生素C含量極高，其營養成分也比柑橘類水果更高。
References 參考資料
- Wikipedia: Carissa macrocarpa
- 維基百科: 大花假虎刺
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