Sideroxylon inerme (White
Milkwood) Witmelkhout [Afrikaans]
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Sideroxylon inerme flowers, fruit and leaves.
[photo
H. Robertson, Iziko ©] |
Sideroxylon inerme in fruit, near
Palmiet River estuary, Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa [photo
H. Robertson, Iziko ©]. |
A leaf has been broken off to show
the exuding milky latex. [photo
H. Robertson, Iziko ©] |
These wart-like protuberances on the
leaves of Sideroxylon inerme are caused by gall midges (family
Cecidomyiidae) [photo
H. Robertson, Iziko ©] |
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