Berries
The three plants shown in this section produce edible berries.

Can you find them on the interactive poster?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berries: Bietou / Tick Berry [Chrysanthemoides monilifera]
  • This bush produces yellow daisy flowers and a ring of small black or red berries.
  • They were an important part of the diet of Khoe people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berries: Frutang / Froetang [Romulea rosea]

  • This small plant has an underground corm that produces narrow leaves and small pink star-shaped flowers.

  • Children eat the green fleshy fruits before they ripen and dry out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berries: Tortoise Berry / Skilpadbessie [Nylandtia spinosa]
  • This spiny shrub has small pink flowers and orange to red berries which make a thirst quenching snack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click the buttons to find out more about indigenous food plants:
Indigenous fruits Indigenous vegetables
Berries (Tick berry, Frutang, Tortoise berry) Bulrush (Typha capensis)
Kukumakranka (Gethyllis afra) Uintjies (Sedges, Klipuintjies, Wituinties)
Sour fig (Carpobrotus edulis) Green vegetables (Dune spinach, wild cabbage, Waterblommetjies)