Botanical Name: Cussonia spicata
Common Name: Lowveld Cabbage Tree\Kiepersol

 

Use: Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Tree
Flower Colour : Green yellow
Foliage Colour : Green
Best Season : All seasons
Light : Sun
Hardiness :
Attributes : Attracts butterflies & birds
Height (m) : 4 - 7
Spread (m) : 4
    
Notes : Fast growing, distinctive tree with corky bark which can be used as a accent plant. It is a good nesting tree and also does well in containers. Young trees are single stemmed but older specimens may have massive trunks with a roundish crown of large, smooth dark green leaves. Branching commences when the tree is 2 - 4 metres tall. The small tightly packed flowers are borne on branched inflorescences. The small fleshy fruits which and soft and purple when mature are eaten by black-eyed bulbuls, louries, starlings, barbets and mousebirds. Fruiting begins at about eight years. Prefers a high rainfall and does not survive drought. Don’t plant too close to paving or pools - the roots are invasive and may cause damage. Propagate from seed.