
Senegalia galpinii General Info – Summary This large Tree may reach 30m high. Single trunk has single thorns on a swollen base. Branches usually have curved paired thorns. Bipinnate Leaves have non-spinescent stipules and many small densely packed leaflets. Small bisexual Flowers: in spikes. Many extended filaments with yellowish stamens. The single pistil has a […]

Senegalia erubescens General Info – Summary This semi-deciduous Tree is up to 10m high. It papery bark with sharp, paired hooked thorns. The small bipinnate Leaves have non-spinescent stipules and just spaced apart leaflets. Bisexual, regular, Flowers are in axillary spikes and appear before the leaves. Exerted filaments provide white flower colour. Late extending style […]

Senegalia cinerea General Info – summary Tree: single trunk is up to 10m high or multi-stemmed. Sharp, paired & curved spines present. The hairy, bipinnate Leaves have non-spinescent stipules and tiny leaflets are closely packed. The bisexual, regular Flowers are in spikes with exserted white filaments for colour. Female: single pistil with a superior ovary […]

Senegalia caffra General Info – Summary This deciduous, drought, frost resistant Tree is up to 14m high. It has short, curved, paired spines. Big bipinnate Leaves have many small-paired leaflets. Stipules lack spines. Yellowish, regular, bisexual Flowers are in spikes. The male free, initially white, filaments are exerted. The female has a superior ovary with […]

Senegalia burkei General Info – summary Tree is up to 30m high. Branches have sharp, paired, hooked thorns. Bipinnate Leaves have non-spinescent stipules. Leaflets with entire margins + short petiolules. Creamy Flowers in small spikes at branch ends are regular, bisexual and in spikes. Red hairy calyx + many stamens. After pollen is shed, the […]

Searsia undulata General Info – Summary This small Tree has divaricating branches and may reach 4m high. It is often a shrub. Trifoliate, olive green, small Leaves lack petiolules. Small obovate/oblanceolate leaflets are not rolled under. Minute, dioecious, greenish yellow, regular, 5-merous Flowers are in panicles. Male has 5 anthers. Female has 1 pistil, a superior ovary […]