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Rothmannia globosa

General Info – summary This small spineless shrub or Tree is up to 7m high, & low-down branches remain.  Smooth bark becomes rough.  Simple, usually elliptic, shiny Leaves are entire and may have domatia.  White, strongly scented, regular, bisexual Flowers have a short calyx, a white bell-shaped corolla tube, 5 long sessile anthers, an inferior […]

Rothmannia capensis

General Info – summary This shrub or stocky Tree lacks spines and is usually up 10m high.  Simple Leaves with entire margins are glossy and leathery.  Large, solitary, stalkless terminal and 5-merous sweet-scented Flowers are regular.  The Fruit is up to 7cm wide and has the remains of the persistent calyx.  The many flat smooth […]

Rhigozum brevispinosum

General Info – summary This multi-stemmed shrub may also be a small Tree up to 4m high.  Leathery, hairy and narrow deciduous Leaves are usually simple with entire margins.  Bisexual 5-merous Flowers are up to 4cm wide.  Attractive, yellow horizontal petal lobes have slightly extending stamens.  The green/brown Fruit is a capsule with a persistent […]

Rhamnus prinoides

General Info – summary This evergreen spineless Tree may reach 7m high but is often bushy.  Simple, shiny Leaves are hairless, and the margin may be finely toothed.  Yellowish green actinomorphic and bisexual Flowers arise on a pedicel and are tiny and 5-merous with reduced petals.  3 persistent styles are present.  The small pea sized […]

Rauvolfia caffra

General Info – summary This graceful upright Tree with widespread milky sap is up to 35m high with a rounded crown.  The simple, narrow, entire, drooping, and smooth Leaves have latex is present and lack stipules.  The tiny white, 5-merous, regular Flowers are trumpet shaped & have single pistils. Drupaceous Fruit has 1 or 2 seeds. […]