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Rapanea melanophloeos| Category | Tree | | Botanical name | Rapanea melanophloeos | | Common names | Cape beech, Kaapse boekenhout, Boekenhout | | Plant Shape | Dense spreading crown, sends out suckers to form bush clumps | | Indigenous / Exotic | Indigenous | | Evergreen/Deciduous | Evergreen | | Dimensions | 4-12m | | Frost Tolerance | Moderately frost hardy | | Drought Resistance | Drought hardy | | Hardiness - Other | Sea air tolerant & wind tolerant | | Growth Rate | Slow | | Characteristics | Flowers: small, white-creamy yellow (Winter)
Foliage: dull, dark green, paler underside
Fruit: purple (summer) | | Wildlife attraction | Bees, flies, birds, baboons and vervet monkeys.
| | Use in the garden | Useful in a large garden as a screen and windbreaker. Suited to a low maintenance garden, coastal garden
It has an invasive root system. | | Planting Ideas | | | Additional Notes | |
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