Lannea discolor (Sond.) Engl.

discolor : discolorous, not of the same colour - referring to the leaves

Medium-sized deciduous tree. The bark has a coppery tinge. Leaves compound with up to 11 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet. Leaves markedly discolorous, the upper surface green, the lower grey with dense felty hairs. Individual flowers small but produced in sweetly scented spikes up to 14 cm long, cream to pale yellow in colour, and borne when the trees are leafless. Sexes are separate, the female spikes being shorter and more compact than the male spikes.

Common

Eucraera gemmata (Budded lappet)

Occurs from the DRC southwards through the FZ area to Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Swaziland