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Old 24-Jan-2006   #6
weeijk
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Originally Posted by St3v9
The Plum is an indoor tree (I put it outdoors in summer). It is tropical and I think a native of Africa, although I'm not sure where (Africa is a BIG continent).

Is it a Carissa Grandiflora/Macrocarpa or Natal Plum (where Natal is a provence of South Africa)? If you place a photo of yours, its easier to determine.
It has a greyish corky bark which is very breakable, the new shoulds are bendable when they are still green, the thick green leaves are between 1 and 2 cm long and 1 to 1,5 cm wide. It has thorns too and flowers with small 4 lobted white flowers.

When it is this tree the problem should be in the rootsystem, general or its about overwatering. I would wait for at least a week for giving it water again. Wait and see what happens.

This is btw my Natal Plum.

Hope your tree, whatever kind of plum it is, will survive.

Good luck, Wessel
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