Gymnosporia buxifolia is a very hardy, drought resistant, semi-deciduous, small tree or large shrub. It is armed with formidable long, straight spines.
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Description. CELASTRACEAE. “Common Spike Thorn”. 15 seeds per packet. Small erect tree to 4m. 2-5cm spines on the branches. Oblanceolate leaves.
ZAR 20.00
Sowing instructions: Sow seeds in summer in a well drained medium. Locality: Swellendam. Harvest: September 2024.
Fruit yellow turning pink, a 3-lobed capsule, small up to 10mm across, leathery, splitting on tree, the reddish-brown seeds partly covered by whitish-yellow ...
Fruit capsules are rounded, wrinkled and leathery, white to greyish brown when mature, to 7 mm in diameter, containing 1–4 seeds that are partly covered by a ...
Wholesale and retail quantities in packet sizes from two to 100,000 seeds are delivered worldwide. We supply enthusiasts and collectors as well as botanical ...
Gymnosporia buxifolia – Common Spikethorn, Stinking Spike-thorn; Gewone Pendoring, Stinkdoring, Lemoendoring – 5 Seed Pack · Gymnosporia heterophylla – Common ...
It is commonly known as the pioneer spike-thorn or common spike-thorn. It ranges from Angola and Mozambique to South Africa.
Gymnosporia buxifolia, the common spike-thorn, is a spiny shrub or a small tree of up to 9 m (SA Tree List No. 399). The bark on old trees is deeply ...
Fruit varies. Name derivation: Gymnosporia naked seeds – referring to the seeds that remain attached to the fruit after it has opened. buxifolia – Leaves ...