Spike Apple
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About
- Common Names
- Spike Apple
- Classification
- Herbaceous, Flower, Fruit
- Description
- Not a true apple. this rare plant grows to about one meter in height. It produces large yellow trumpet shaped flowers, and bears small round spiky fruit.The flesh of this fruit is a galactagogue and sialagogue. The leaves of the plant, which grow in five part compound structures are used to make an astringent wash.
Ecology
- Rarity
- Rare
- Distribution
- Temperate plains
- Life Cycle
- Annual, producing large yellow trumpet shaped flowers in early summer. The fruit develops by early autumn, and dispersal of seeds is generally by animal consumption.
Related Species
Uses
- Cultivation
- none
- Culinary
- none
- Medicinal
- galactagogue (fruit), sialagogue (fruit)
- Other
History
- Cultural
- Religious
