Burkea Africana - Indigenous South African Tree - 10 Seeds Strawberries

Burkea Africana - Indigenous South African Tree - 10 Seeds StrawberriesBurkea africana is a deciduous, medium sized, spreading, flat topped tree up to 8 m high. Leaves are pinnately compound, silvery pubescent or glabrescent. Each leaf is 100350 mm long, with 24 pairs of pinnae and 518 leaflets per pinna. Leaflets are oval and silvery when they are young and marked with brown spots. Flowers are creamy white, fragrant and in pendulous racemes of up to 300 mm in length. The bark is toxic, rich in alkaloids and tannins and

or Chinese gooseberry

the leaves can be picked small for salad use or left to mature

maturing to a rounded habit

subfamily Scilloideae

Rosette spotted leaves

a bit of variation throughout its range and some taxonomists recognize several varieties

A common phenomenon in the branches of these trees is the huge communal nest of weavers that live and breed by the thousands

Large species do well as rockery plants

Similar to Dioscorea sylvatica

Accompanies tomatoes and mozzarella perfectly for an Italian taste sensation

This British bred Mangetout pea produces fabulous dark green pods with a super-sweet flavour

among others