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Spirostachys africana

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when freshly cut, and campfires that burn tamboti fuel give off noxious fumes contaminating meat or other food grilled on the open flames or coals. The latex is used as a
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appear in early spring before the leaves. Male and female flowers are borne separately on the same tree (
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The leaves are small, elliptic with crenate margins, and turn bright red in winter before dropping. The
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in deciduous woodland, often along watercourses or on brackish flats and sandy soils.
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The fruits while green are frequently parasitised by the small grey
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is a medium-sized (about 10 metres (33 ft) tall) deciduous
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with a straight, clear trunk, occurring in the warmer parts of
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Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa
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has 2 small glands at the distal end. The grey-black rough
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Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Malpighiales
Euphorbiaceae
Spirostachys
Binomial name
Sond.
tree
Southern Africa
copses

petiole
bark
catkin
flowers
monoecious
schizocarps
indehiscent
mericarps
cocci
dehiscence

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