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| synonyms: Bushman’s Poison |
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| tree/shrub type: Broad leaved trees and shrubs |
| foliage: Evergreen |
| size: Smaller garden trees (up to 10m) |
| leaf type: Simple leaves |
| types of fruit: Trees and shrubs with decorative fruit or berries |
| flowering period: Spring |
| leaf colour: Leaves green, Leaves red/purple |
| plants for a purpose: Scented flowers, Trees and shrubs with decorative white flowers |
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Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd Bushman’s Poison A shrub or small tree with alternate leaves and white starry long-tubed flowers, native of S Africa from the SE Cape to N Natal, growing in scrub, flowering in April–December (mainly in early spring). Tree to 6m; leaves to 13cm long, often tinged reddish; flowers 5mm across, the tube pinkish, to 2cm long. Fruits blackish-purple, very poisonous. For a sunny position. Min. -3°C. |
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