Searsia nebulosa (100 seeds)

Searsia nebulosa. (100 seeds)

Family: Anacardiaceae

Common name: Coastal Currantrhus

It is sometimes a small tree of 4 m, often only a scrambling shrub of about 1 m. The stems are occasionally spiny. The leaves are sessile or stalkless, the leaflets broadly elliptic or obovate, shinier above than below. The terminal leaflet is bigger than the lateral pair. The leaflet midrib is ridged, ending in a mucro, a short, sharp point or hair-like tip beyond the rounded apex. The flowers are small, growing in lax axillary heads in late summer or autumn. The fruit is a globose red-brown drupe.

Sowing: Sow seeds in summer in a well drained medium.

Locality: Ex Hort. Harvest: January 2025