Indigofera jucunda
General Info – summary This garden Tree prospect is up to 7m high or a shrub. Light green, soft, imparipinnate Leaves have entire margins. Rachis leaflets are spaced apart. The bicoloured, pea-like, zygomorphic, fragrant nectariferous Flowers are in racemes. Stamens: 9 joined and 1 free. The superior ovary has a capitate stigma on a bent […]
Ilex mitis
Ilex mitis General Info – Summary This dioecious, evergreen and shiny-leafed Tree has light coloured bark and may grow up to 30m high. The simple, hairless Leaves have a pink tinged indented above petiole. Side veins loop prior to reaching the margin. White, sweet scented actinomorphic Flowers (separate male and female) are small and 5-merous. Fruit, an […]
Hypericum roeperianum
Hypericum roeperianum var. roeperianum General Info – Summary – updating now. This thickly branched, monoecious Tree, with fissured bark, may reach 5m high. The simple, decussate, evergreen, and widely spaced Leaves have decurrent leaf bases and lack stipules. Bisexual, 5-merous and regular Flowers have green sepals and large yellow petals. Many yellow stamens surround the […]
Heywoodia lucens
Heywoodia lucens General Info – Summary This latex free glabrous dioecious Tree is up to 30m high. Trees give a dense shade. The simple, hairless, entire, alternate & shiny Leaves have entire margins & lack stipules. The minute, greenish, regular Flowers are in cymes. Male with 8-12 stamens. Female with a superior ovary with 4-5 […]
Heteropyxis natalensis
Heteropyxis natalensis General Info – Summary This weather dependent deciduous Tree lacks thorns and is usually up to 10m high. It has flaking mottled bark. Simple Leaves have entire margins and smell of lavender when crushed. Small 5-merous bisexual Flowers have extended stamens, and the superior ovary has a style with a capitate stigma. Fruit: […]