
Sparrmannia africana General Info – Summary This SA endemic is a shrub or a Tree up to 7m high. The evergreen, alternate, thin and simple Leaves are soft, hairy & distinctly toothed. Basal veins are palmate. Impressive, regular, 4-merous and bisexual Flowers develop in umbels. Haptonastic stamens have nodose filaments. The superior ovary has an […]

Sideroxylon inerme subsp. inerme General Info – Summary This latex containing evergreen and usually coastal Tree has a large, rounded crown may reach 18m+ high. The leathery, simple Leaves lack stipules, and lateral veins join before reaching the entire margin. Bisexual, regular, 5-merous, greenish white, actinomorphic Flowers have yellow arrow shaped anthers. The single pistil […]

Senegalia senegal var. leiorhachis General Info – Summary This slender, single stemmed Tree is up to 8m tall + distinctive, vicious 3-hooked spines. Orange/brown bark peals in slightly papery strips. Small bipinnate Leaves with non-spinescent stipules have well-spaced leaflets + a smooth rachis. Small creamy-white Flowers in hanging spikes. Exserted stamens give cream colour. Superior […]

Senegalia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha General Info – Summary This impressive Tree is up to 20m high has light, pealing bark and single cushioned down pointing thorns. Whitish branches have paired, hooked thorns. Bipinnate Leaves have non-spinescent stipules & the petiole has a distinctive gland. Small, regular, bisexual Flowers in elongated spikes + whitish, colour with […]

Senegalia nigrescens General Info – Summary The usually erect, deciduous Tree is up to 18+m high. Trunk bark is rough with single downward pointing spines each on a base. Branches have short, paired curved spines. The bipinnate Leaves have the biggest Senegalia leaflets. Stipules are not spinescent. Many exerted stamens display the whitish Flowers in […]

Senegalia mellifera subsp. detinens General Info – Summary This deciduous Tree may be single stemmed & up to 9m high or is a multi-stemmed shrub. It has many short, curved, vicious, paired spines. Small bipinnate Leaves have largish leaflets & non-spinescent stipules. Creamy-white Flower in tiny spherical spikes with whitish colour generated by exserted male […]