Apodytes dimidiata fruit

The leaves of Apodytes dimidiata are ovate to elliptic. They are very glossy bright green on the upper surfaces. The lower surface is paler, sometimes slightly hairy with a pinkish hue around the base, close to the petiole. The leaf apex may be notched or tapering; the base broad and tapering.

The fruit of the white pear is a black nut with a kidney-shaped fleshy appendix on the side. This fleshy part changes colour from green to red and later black (Coates Palgrave, 2002; Van Wyk and Van Wyk, 1997).