mchongoma

How to say it

Meaning

a thorny shrub with edible sour fruit (Flacourtia indica), often used for hedges.

Good to know

mchongoma (thorny shrub, Flacourtia indica)

Examples

• Mchongoma hupandwa kama uzio kwa sababu ya miiba yake.Mchongoma is planted as a hedge because of its thorns.
• Watoto walikula matunda ya mchongoma yaliyokuwa machungu.The children ate the sour fruits of the mchongoma.
• Je, mchongoma huu una miiba mikali?Does this mchongoma shrub have sharp thorns?
• Hatuwezi kupita hapa kwa sababu ya mchongoma uliozunguka.We can't pass here because of the mchongoma shrub surrounding it.