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Brachylaena discolor (Coastal silver oak)

Kusvaalbos, Kreukelboom [Afrikaans]; iPhahla [Zulu]; Mphahla [North Sotho]; umPhahla [Xhosa]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Tarchonantheae > Genus: Brachylaena

Brachylaena discolor (Coastal silver oak) Brachylaena discolor (Coastal Silver Oak)

See Creative gardening with indigenous plants. A South African Guide by Pitta Joffe p. 100.