{"id":1375,"date":"2022-08-21T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T06:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:48:27","slug":"the-monkey-orange-fruit-in-namibia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/the-monkey-orange-fruit-in-namibia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monkey Orange Fruit in Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Monkey Orange fruit is one of the most delicious wild fruits grown in Namibia. It is well known as the Kavango Lemon by locals in Namibia.<\/p><div class=\"03bb5c02e2f58c6bb7f372bc13011e34\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:10px;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8677361123316975\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ZXZ -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8677361123316975\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3054782407\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br><br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG-20221026-WA0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1376\" src=\"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG-20221026-WA0002-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When fully ripe, it has firm skin and a bright orange interior. The inside of the orange fruit contains sweet-sour, juicy, light to dark brown seeds. You eat the orange fruit by sucking the delicious flesh from these seeds, this process can get messy.<\/p><div class=\"03bb5c02e2f58c6bb7f372bc13011e34\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:10px;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8677361123316975\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ZXZ -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8677361123316975\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3054782407\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br><br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Some locals sun-dry these seeds for preservation and make them into an alcoholic beverage. You can use the fruits as a dessert as well. The hard shell after the seeds are removed can also be used to create sound boxes for marimba musical instruments.<\/p>\n<p>The seeds, leaves, and roots are also used for medicine. Kavango Lemons are found in the northern and northeastern parts of Namibia mainly from September to January.<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of monkey orange fruit are that it has potential health benefits that are attributable to high energy fiber, minerals (iron &amp; zinc), and vitamin C.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Monkey Orange fruit is one of the most delicious wild fruits grown in Namibia. 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