
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: […]

Heteropyxis canescens – updating now! General Info – Summary This Tree is up to 15m high, with a straight or twisted trunk. Simple gland dotted aromatic narrow & entire Leaves lack stipules. Secondary veins arch towards the apex. Small whitish, 5-merous, scented & bisexual actinomorphic Flowers are in dense panicles. 5 stamens+free extending anthers. Two-locular […]

Heteromorpha arborescens var. abyssinica General Info – Summary. Currently updating all! This variable spineless Tree up to 15m high, has distinctive peeling, smooth & papery bronze bark. Each entire, deciduous, imparipinnate, variously shaped Leaf smell of parsley when crushed. Small, bisexual, 5-merous, regular Flowers in umbels appear with the new leaves. They have extended stamens, […]

Harpephyllum caffrum General Info – Summary A medium sized dioecious Tree to 30m high. Lenticels present in horizontal groups. Imparipinnate hairless, smooth, leathery, 30cm long Leaves, lack stipules. Bright red leaflets may occur. Small whitish, 4-5 merous and regular Flowers occur in panicles. Male has 7-10 stamens. Females have staminodes and a single pistil. Plumb-like […]

Halleria lucida General Info – Summary Attractive widespread plant is a shrub or Tree to 12m high, with shallowly fissured brownish bark. The ovate, simple & opposite Leaves have toothed margins & lack stipules. The striking, bisexual, zygomorphic Flowers with bilabiate petals are red, orange or cream coloured and may appear on old wood. Stamens […]

Gymnosporia buxifolia General Info – Summary This dioecious, variable shrub or small Tree is usually up to 3m high. The trunk becomes deeply fissured. Stems have single sharp spines. Simple clustered Leaves are usually obovate. Flowers may be pungent with whitish, 5-merous unisexual Flowers. Male flowers have pistillodes and female have staminodes present. “Round” Fruit […]