5 Guibourtia conjugata Tree Seeds - Small Bastard Mopane - Indigenous to South Africa

Guibourtia conjugata Seeds

Bastard Mopane, Small Copalwood, Small Mock Mopane

Guibourtia is a flowering plant genus in the family Fabaceae (legume family). It contains 16 species, native to tropical regions of Africa and South America. They occur in swampy or periodically inundated forests, as well as near rivers or at lakeshores. They are evergreen trees growing to 4050 m tall, with a trunk diameter of 12 m, often with a heavily buttressed trunk.  Guibourtia conjugata commonly known as Klein Baster-Mopanie or Klein-Valsmopanie in Afrikaans and Small Bastard Mopane, Small Copalwood or Small Mock Mopane in English is a South African indigenous species from the Limpopo Province. It grows into a tree of 10 meter tall. It has whitish-grey bark and shiny green leaves. It bears small white to creamy-yellow flowers in loose heads which are followed by flat leathery pods.