A South African plant of the fig family, also called Cape fig or wild mulberry; produces small edible fruit.
From Afrikaans or Dutch origin, related to indigenous South African Khoi or Bantu languages. The plant is native to southern Africa and cultivated in its regions.
South African plants often have names from indigenous languages that describe exactly what they do—'amaas' might literally mean something like 'the fruit that [does something]' in a Khoi language, but the original meaning is lost!
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