
Salix mucronata General Info – Summary This Tree with its drooping branches, may reach 12m high. Bark becomes deeply fissured. The alternate, simple, relatively long & stipule lacking Leaves are narrowly lanceolate. Apex & base taper & margins are slightly serrated. Dioecious small Flowers are in spikes. Greenish female flowers have a superior ovary. Male […]

General Info The Tree is usually up to 7m high and bark becomes marked with rectangular segments when older. The simple, opposite Leaves are translucent when viewed against a strong light and domatia are present. The strongly scented creamy-white and bell-shaped Flowers have a style which extends beyond the mouth. The Fruit is spherical and contains […]

Rothmannia globose General Info – Summary Small spineless shrub or small 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, […]

Rothmannia capensis General Info – summary This shrub or stocky evergreen Tree lacks spines and usually up 10m high. Bark becomes rough. Simple opposite Leaves with entire margins are glossy and leathery. Flowers: large solitary stalkless terminal & 5-merous scented regular, develop in leaf axils. 5 long sessile anthers, single pistil + one two-chambered ovary. Ripe […]

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 […]

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