[f. Kei, name of a river formerly separating Cape Colony from Kaffraria.] The edible fruit of a South African shrub, Aberia Caffra; also, the shrub itself.
1859. Harvey & Sonder, Flora Capensis, II. 585. Aberia Caffra, hab. Eastern districts and Kaffirland. A shrub or small tree,… fruit edible like a small yellowish apple. Colonial name, the Kei apple.
