Occuring in valley bushveld and scrub, this tree is found on the Southern Natal and Northern Eastern Cape coast. This tree makes a lovely garden plant and will flower throughout the summer in full sun.
Height: A scrambling shrub upto 2,5 m.
Bark: Grey-brown.
Leaves: Rather small and divided almost to the base. 1-3 x 0,5-1,5cm in size. The two lobes are obliquely ovate-oblong to obovate. Petiole up to 1,5cm long and slender.
Flowers: White and often with pink to red main veins, 3-4cm in diameter. The petals are obovate without a crisped margin. Often only the male flowers and is sporadically hermaphrodite. Flowers appear mostly solitary between October and April, but can be found at almost any time during the year.
Fruit: Small golden brown pod, up to 7x1cm during summer (December - April).
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