African Sumac
Rhus lancea
Summary 7
Rhus lancea L.f. (syn. Searsia lancea (L. f.) F. A. Barkley), commonly known as Karee (English and Afrikaans) in Hlokoshiyne (isiZulu) Umhlakotshane (amaXhosa) Mokalaabata (North Sotho), is an evergreen, frost hardy, drought resistant tree, which can reach up to 8 metres in height with a 5 metre spread. It has a graceful, weeping form and dark, fissured bark that contrasts well with its long, thinnish, hairless, dark-green, trifoliate leaves with smooth margins. It bears small yellow...
Description 8
Shrub or small tree. Leaflets lanceolate, dark green above and yellowish-green beneath; margin entire.
Sources and Credits
- (c) JMK, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhus_lancea,_foliage_detail.jpg
- (c) Bart Wursten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/13/136700-1.jpg
- Paul venter, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Searsia_lancea00.jpg
- (c) nautical2k at Flickr, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Searsia_lancea_Berkeley1.jpg
- (c) nautical2k at Flickr, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Searsia_lancea_Berkeley2.jpg
- (c) nautical2k at Flickr, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Searsia_lancea_Berkeley3.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhus_lancea
- (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/30282999
