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klapper S. Afr.|ˈklæpə(r)|
[perh. ad. Malay kĕlapa coconut or Afrikaans klapper rattle.]
= Kaffir orange (Kaffir 4); also used for other shrubs or trees with similar fruit.
1863W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 199 We had a capital lunch from some wild fruit about three times the size of an orange, called a clapper. It has a hard shell outside, which one must batter against a tree to crack or break. 1921T. R. Sim Native Timbers S. Afr. 120 Strychnos pungens... Klopper [sic], Wild Orange. 1932Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk Medicinal & Poisonous Plants S. Afr. 140 The pulp of the fruit of Strychnos pungens Solered., Wild orange, Kaffir orange, Klapper..Strychnos spinosa Lam. (Brehmia spinosa Harv.), Kaffir orange, Klapper..and Strychnos gerrardi N.E. Br...is acidulous from the presence of citric acid, and is very refreshing. 1939tr. E. N. Marais's My Friends the Baboons iii. 29 Wild peaches, sour klappers (unknown in the south), medlers, moepels, and various other kinds of fruit made our wilderness a veritable orchard. 1966E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo x. 177 The spekboom, the wild plum and the klapper, now bright with colour. 1973Palmer & Pitman Trees S. Afr. III. 1857 The monkey orange, or klapper as it is often known,..is an evergreen tree. |