What is "dovyalis hebecarpa"

kitambilla \kitambilla\ n.

1. A small shrubby spiny tree ( Dovyalis hebecarpa) cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasking like gooseberries; it is native to Sri Lanka and India.

   Syn: ketembilla, kitembilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa.

2. A maroon-purple gooseberrylike fruit of India having a tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves.

   Syn: ketembilla, kitembilla.

Dovyalis hebecarpa, with common names Ceylon gooseberry, ketembilla, and kitambilla, is a plant in the genus Dovyalis, native to Sri Lanka and southern India. The fruit are often eaten fresh, or made into jam. Some cultivars have been selected for being thornless (making harvesting easier) and for larger fruit.

The tropical apricot, or ketcot, is a hybrid between D. hebecarpa and D. abyssinica that was developed in Florida in 1953 and is also cultivated for its fruit.