Lowveld Cabbage Tree / Laeveld Kiepersol
Cussonia spicata
Common Cabbage Tree (e), Gewone kiepersol (a), umSenge (z,x), motsetshe (s), musenzhe (v), musenje (Tso)
S.A. No.564
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Type |
Size |
Characteristics |
Flowers |
Position |
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Tree |
3 to 10m |
Fairly hardy, evergreen |
Greenish spikes |
Sun or shade |
A fast-growing, mostly evergreen, fairly hardy, decorative tree that makes a lovely form plant with large bright green leaves crowded at the tips of the branches. Small greenish flowers are borne on robust erect candle-like spikes from April to Jun. The ripe fruits attract birds and Charaxes butterflies. It becomes frost resistant if protected when young, especially from cold winds. Good container plant or garden subject, but do not plant close to walls as it has fleshy, swollen roots that in time of drought were used to source moisture. It has many medicinal uses.
