Sideroxylon inerme
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Sideroxylon inerme (aMasethole or white milkwood, Afrikaans: wit-melkhout, Xhosa: Ximafana, Zulu: Umakhwelafingqane)[2] is a southern and eastern African coastal tree, with dense foliage, black berries and small, foetid, greenish flowers. The tree's generic name means "Iron-wood" in Greek, referring to its very hard timber.
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Sideroxylon inerme | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Sapotaceae |
Genus: | Sideroxylon |
Species: | S. inerme |
Binomial name | |
Sideroxylon inerme L. (1753) | |
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It is one of South Africa's "Protected Trees" and several specimens are provincial heritage sites.[3] This is the only member of the genus Sideroxylon in Southern Africa.