
General Info – summary This shrub or Tree (to 25m) high has smooth grey bark that becomes brown. Opposite, simple Leaves are up to 12 x 5cm & elliptic to obovate. Leaves under flowers are white. Small, 4-merous, regular, bisexual and creamy white Flowers are in spikes. Sepals become reddish and the short petals are […]

General Info – summary This slow growing Tree is tall (20+m high) and has dense, hard wood. It is up to 1,5m wide and the bark is divided into whitish/brown blocks. The small greyish green and wavy Leaves are simple with entire margins. Small, bisexual actinomorphic Flowers are in spikes with up to 30 flowers. […]

General Info – summary This deciduous Tree with its dense crown and rough, longitudinally fissured, grey to black bark is up to 10m high. Simple, entire and often hairy Leaves lack stipules and rest on hairy petioles. The small, white or creamy yellow, bisexual, regular Flowers with inferior ovaries occur in spikes and lack pedicels. The […]

General Info – summary This attractive willow-like Tree is up to 15m+ high and has a trunk diameter up to 0,6m. Knob-like bulges may be present. The simple, stipule lacking Leaves have a variable shape and occasional a red one. Bisexual, regular, 4-merous Flowers are in short spikes. Each flower has 8 exserted stamens with white […]

General Info – summary This medium sized, slow growing and deciduous Tree has drooping branches. Variable, simple and wavy Leaves have entire margins and lack stipules. Small, regular, bisexual, 4-merous and sweetly scented Flowers are in spikes. They have 4 small sepals & 8 exserted stamens in 2 equal rows & are inserted in the […]

General Info – summary This Tree may reach 8m high but is usually a multi-stemmed shrub. Simple, ovate / elliptic Leaves have entire margins and domatia may be present. Petioles may become thorns and stipules are absent. The red, bisexual, regular, 5 merous (not 4), Flowers are in short dense racemes with large bracts. There […]