
Mimusops zeyheri General Info – Summary This dense shady, smallish Tree with a straight trunk is up to 15m high. Damaged parts yield milky latex. Leathery, simple, alternate/spiral Leaves are entire. Small, white, star-shaped Flowers are 4-merous, bisexual, actinomorphic, and develop on a red hairy pedicel. 8 stamens, 8 staminodes &, a single pistil with […]

Mimusops obovata General Info – Summary This medium to large sized southern African endemic Tree develops vertically fissured dark brown bark and may reach 19m high. Glossy stipulate Leaves are simple and narrowed towards the apex. Midrib protrudes on both sides. Whitish, bisexual, actinomorphic Flowers are 4-merous. Staminodes, 8 stamens and a superior ovary with […]

Millettia grandis General Info – Summary This impressive Tree has a spreading crown & is usually up to 13m high. The grey to light brown bark gets longitudinally fissured. Stipules & stipels are present in the imparipinnate & entire Leaves. Many bluish, bisexual, irregular, pea-like, Flowers are in racemes. 10 stamens (1 free), surround the […]

Metrosideros angustifolia General Info – Summary This shallow rooted, deciduous Tree is up to 15m high with a wider canopy. The bark becomes deeply fissured and dark. Compound Leaves are bipinnate. Bisexual 5-merous sweet-scented lilac coloured Flowers are actinomorphic with 10 stamens and a single pistil with a superior ovary. Fruit is a one seeded […]

Melia azedarach General Info – Summary This shallow rooted, deciduous Tree is up to 15m high with a wider canopy. The bark becomes deeply fissured and dark. Compound Leaves are bipinnate. Bisexual 5-merous sweet scented lilac coloured Flowers are actinomorphic, have 10 stamens and a single pistil with a superior ovary. Fruit is a one […]

Maytenus undata – updating web now. General Info – summary This spineless and variable unarmed evergreen shrub or Tree becomes finely fissured and may reach 12m high. Alternate simple Leaves have weather dependent variable sizes. Margins have gland-tipped serrations. Bisexual, regular, white, small & 5-merous Flowers have 5 stamens & a superior ovary with a […]