
Colophospermum mopane General Info – summary Spineless Tree to 22m high + trunk up to 1m wide. Rough, dark grey to blackish bark is fissured lengthways. Between the 2-foliate, asymmetric Leaflets is a tiny, vestigial leaflet. Small, greenish, bisexual Flowers lack petals & have 20-25 free stamens, a superior ovary with a single ovule + […]

Cola natalensis General Info – summary This evergreen Tree may reach 16m high. It has smooth bark that may flake. The simple, glossy and alternate or spirally arranged Leaves are glossy, dark green above and much lighter below. They are obovate-elliptic + entire margins. Petiole has a pulvinus. 5-merous Flowers lack petals and the sepals are petal-like. […]

Coddia rudis General Info – summary This Tree with smooth bark is up to 3m high and is usually a multi-stemmed shrub. Small, opposite, simple shiny, decurrent and roundish Leaves are entire with interpetiolar stipules. The regular, white 5-merous and actinomorphic Flowers have 5 long sessile anthers. The inferior ovary has a wide protruding style. […]

Chaetacme aristata General Info – summary This Tree has pale grey bark, is up to 15m high & branches have tough spines. Wood is hard & dense. The simple, hairless, thick, leathery, stiff & alternatively arranged Leaves are usually entire. Tiny, greenish, 5-merous, monoecious & unisexual Flowers lack petals & are in cymes. The sessile, […]

Celtis mildbraedii General Info – summary This deciduous spineless and monoecious Tree has a smooth, light brown trunk, a spreading crown & may reach 20m+ high. Watery sap is present. Simple elliptic alternate Leaves has a 3-veined, asymmetric base and short-lived stipules. Greenish regular Flowers lack petals. Male: 4-5 stamens. Females have a sessile 1-locular […]