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Identifying Wild Almond - Brabejum
The genus Brabejum is the only naturally occurring African member of the Proteaceae to bear two seeds per flower. This feature is a characteristic of the Australian Proteaceae to which this species is most closely related. The genus can also be identified by the florets being borne in dense, spike-like racemes, florets with long stalks, the leaves in whorls of 4-6, and the large, densely velvety, almond-shaped seeds.
The Wild Almond is a riverine tree and was used extensively by the early settlers as a hedge.
Brabejum stellatifolium WILD ALMOND WILDE-AMANDELBOOM
A tall tree reaching 8 m in height, capable of resprouting at the
base when burned. Leaves in whorls of 4-6 (hence stellate:
starlike), simple. Inflorescence a dense, spike-like raceme.
Fruit almond-shaped.
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