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Oldenburgia grandis
Oldenburgia grandis General Information – Summary This fire-resistant shrub or Tree with its thick stem & corky bark is up 6m high. Young Leaves are white and become bicoloured, large, leathery, stiff, simple & widely rolled under. Arising on a peduncle from the centre of the leafy rosette is a purplish, bract-lacking capitulum, with many […]
Ocotea kenyensis
Ocotea kenyensis General Info – summary This impressive evergreen Tree may reach 20m high – without lower branches. The rough bark is brown to dark grey. Alternate, simple Leaves lack stipules and are relatively long. The unisexual or bisexual Flowers have whitish tepals, are regular and develop in panicles. The perianth has 2 equal whorls […]
Ochna serrulata
Ochna serrulate General Info – Summary Both the flower and fruit contribute to making this shrub/Tree decorative. It is endemic in southern Africa and usually up to 2+m high. The smooth young bark has distinctively visible lenticels. Simple Leaves are serrated. Bisexual, regular, Flowers are yellow. Once the petals fall, the accrescent calyx, as well […]
Ochna pulchra
Ochna pulchra – updating website ! General Info – Summary This Tree is up to 10m high with, irregularly pealing bark revealing varied colours below. Lenticels are absent. Simple, alternate Leaves are coppery when young. Impressive Flowers are in racemes. The 5 sepals become red and resemble replaced petals. The many stamens have anthers opening […]
Nuxia oppositifolia
Nuxia oppositifolia General Info – Summary This deciduous, spineless, slender Tree is up to 8m high & may be a multi-stemmed shrub. Bark may become gnarled with long fissures. Simple, light green, linear Leaves are opposite with thin interpetiolar stipules. Margins may be shallowly toothed. Tiny 4-merous, bisexual, white Flowers are regular & each develop […]