
Podocarpus elongatus General Info – summary Relatively small, dioecious, evergreen Tree is up to 6m+ high but often develops as a bush. Epicormic buds are only present on this South African Podocarpus. Elliptic, parallel veined Leaves are simple. Small Male cones produce wind-dispersed pollen. In the Female, the single ovules are not in cones but […]

Pittosporum viridiflorum General Info – summary This resinous Tree may be deciduous. It has a spreading crown, a smoothish bark and is 9m+ high. Young bark has horizontal lenticels. The obovate, leathery and glossy Leaves are simple, entire and lack stipules. Small, white/greenish, 5-merous actinomorphic and bisexual Flowers are in panicles or in a terminal […]

Piliostigma thonningii General Info – Summary Unarmed & usually dioecious leafy shrub or Tree up to 7m high. Bark has longitudinal fissures. Bauhinia-like, simple Leaves have red palmate veins. Small zygomorphic, whitish, unisexual Flowers in pendulous racemes. Male has 10 stamens. Female with staminodes & a stalked, superior ovary – with ovules. Fruit is a […]

Berchemia zeyheri N.B. Phyllogeiton zeyheri is an acceptable synonym for Berchemia zeyheri. See Berchemia zeyheri | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science General Info – summary This deciduous Tree is up to 12m high with a rounded crown and a trunk up to 36cm wide. The small simple, Leaves are thin & side […]

Phyllogeiton discolor Phyllogeiton discolor, now in the family Rhamnaceae, is considered the correct name for Brachylaena discolor. General Info – summary This common dioecious coastal Tree is a southern African endemic. The trunk diameter to 45cm and is occasionally up to 29m high with a vertically fissured bark. It may be a dune shrub. Simple, […]