
General Info – summary This Tree may reach 14m high, with a 38cm wide trunk, or is a shrub. Brown to reddish bark develops longitudinal strips. Simple, linear Leaves are decussate, discolorous, lanceolate and much longer than wide. Tiny regular, white, 4-merous, bisexual Flowers develop in panicles with 4 protruding anthers. The superior ovary is […]

Buddleja auriculate General Info – summary This Tree is up to 7m high or remains a multi-stemmed shrub. The whitish young stem bark becomes rough and stringy. Simple, decussate Leaves are lanceolate and discolorous. The small, 4-merous Flowers are bisexual & regular with 4 epipetalous stamens & a single pistil with a single style. The […]

Bridelia mollis General Info – summary Deciduous, monoecious and ornamental Tree/shrub with its greyish brown bark is up to 9m high. Twigs are velvety. Simple, densely hairy, translucent Leaves have herringbone side veins, are alternate, and have thick petioles. Small, unisexual + greenish yellow Flowers have 5 small petals. Female has a double disc & superior […]

Bridelia micrantha General Info – summary This impressive monoecious Tree may reach 21m high. Short spines may persist. The large oval, obovate to elliptic Leaves are simple, alternate and may be deciduous. Visible side veins occur in a distinctive herringbone pattern. Small, monoecious, unisexual, 5-merous Flowers are in compact cymes with smaller petals than sepals. Fruit […]

Breonadia salicina General Info – summary This deciduous Tree to 40m high and trunk diameter up to 1,5m. Wood is useable. Simple, entire hairless and leathery Leaves are in whorls. The whitish, bisexual, 5-merous Flowers are in compact spherical heads. Calyx and corolla are hairy. Filaments are shorter than basifixed anthers. The inferior ovary has […]

Brachylaena transvaalensis General Info – summary This attractive dioecious Tree with a single straight trunk – up to 30m high and 30cm wide. Tree has vertically fissured bark. Simple, entire and spirally arranged Leaves are discolorous. Inflorescences are contained within panicles. Male trees lack an ovary and in female trees, tiny Florets are in capitula. […]