
Phyllogeiton discolor – updating in progress 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 has a diameter up to 45cm and is occasionally up to 29m high with a vertically fissured bark. […]

Phoenix reclinata General Info – summary The evergreen Tree with slender stem is usually to 6m high & may be multi-stemmed. Leaves pinnately compound arching. Leaflets long & lanceolate. Basal leaflets reduced to spines. Dioecious Flowers in pendulous panicles. Male: 6 stamens and joined filament bases. Female: ovary with 3 carpels, 6 staminodes and a […]

Philenoptera violacea General Info – Summary This graceful Tree is up to 20m high. Damaged parts may release a red sap. Bark and roots are toxic. The imparipinnate greyish Leaves have up to 3 pairs of opposite leaflets with a much larger single end one. The whitish, blue or violet, scented pea-like, zygomorphic bisexual Flowers […]