Gardenia volkensii - Transvaal Gardenia - Indigenous South African Shrub / Tree - 10 Seeds Water Lily lewervygie (liver mesemb)

lewervygie (liver mesemb)

It is believed to have been a domesticated crop before western contact began

Bentham renamed it Chaenostoma in 1836

pride of India

The stem and bark are also used in rope production

Gardenia volkensii - Transvaal Gardenia - Indigenous South African Shrub / Tree - 10 Seeds Water Lily lewervygie (liver mesemb)A small, multi stemmed tree with a dense, rounded crown, 3 8 m high with arching branches, sometimes touching the ground. The bark is pale grey and smooth and the branchlets appear knobbly due to persistent leaf like appendages at the base of the leaf stalk (stipules). The glossy, green leaves are usually in groups of three and crowded at the end of short branches. The leaves are spoon shaped with a broadly rounded tip and a tapering base. They have