1.   The trees grow wild along the riverbanks and are harvested between January and June as the fruits ripen.

2.   But many assumed that when a fruit ripened, most if not all of its toxins disappeared.

3.   But the fruit might not ripen as quickly as it would in a bowl.

4.   Elephants have been known to go on a bender when the marula fruit ripens.

5.   Its small black fruit ripens in early summer.

6.   The ethylene gas emitted as fruit ripens is toxic to the buds.

7.   The fruit often ripens too quickly and splits.

8.   The protein sits astride the cell membrane and allows more sugar in as the fruit ripens.

9.   The white blooms appear in spring, and the black fruit ripens in the fall.