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Laurophyllus capensis (Laurophyllus capensis)

Description

Evergreen shrub or small tree up to 6m, resinous, densely leafy. Bark charcoal-grey to brown, smooth; leaves alternate, elliptic to oblong, glossy-green, margins toothed, leaf-stalk up to 2cm long; flowers small, white to yellowish, male in terminal panicles, female in dense, antler-like structures; male and female flowers on separate plants. Fruit oval, compressed, hard, slightly winged, about 4-5mm in diameter in panicles of congested fruit

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Sapindales

            • Family: Anacardiaceae

              • Genus: Laurophyllus