Katballetjies

South Africa is littered with edible plants which few people know about. But the San once knew them well. These are edible katballetjies (pictured). They are fairly tasteless, a little dry -- perhaps suggestive of gooseberries. They grow like creepers on the ground. OBSERVATION: I wasn't much aware of such things until I married E., who is chiefly of Xhosa descent. Rural Xhosas have a fairly good knowledge of such things. See also Edible Succulent.