Euclea natalensis subsp. acutifolia F. White

natalensis: of Natal, South Africa; acutifolia: with acute (pointed) leaves.

Shrub or small tree, 2-7 m, or sometimes a suffrutex, less than 1m tall. Bark greyish, rough and fissured, flaking in thick pieces. Leaves elliptic up to 12 × 4 cm, densely hairy below. Flowers in dense, branched axillary heads, greenish-white or cream, most parts covered in dense rusty woolly hairs. Fruit in clusters, round c. 7 mm in diameter, almost hairless, red to black.

Common