South African cultural oil painting of a fruit that Monkeys in South Africa will eat. These gourds are the
fruit of the Strychnos Spinosa Tree also referred to as Spiny-Monkey Orange or Green Monkey Orange
and it’s a favored meal among monkeys and other animals. The seeds are spread by the monkeys as they
roam about in the South African landscape. Harvesting the trees of their gourds/seeds and turning them
into hand-painted products to sell to tourists or otherwise as art pieces, employs the villagers and
prevents the trees from being cut for firewood.