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Brachylaena elliptica, the bitter-leaf silver-oak, is a shrub or small tree that occurs from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape to southern KwaZulu-Natal. The tree grows in coastal and riparian forest as well as in bushveld in low-lying regions. It is listed as secure on the SANBI Red List. It is endemic to South Africa.
Coast Silver Oak · Forest Oak · Lowveld Silver Oak · Small Bitterleaf · Brachylaena merana · Brachylaena microphylla · Cape Silver Oak · Brachylaena perrieri · Brachylaena ramiflora · Brachylaena rotundata · Brachylaena stellulifera · Natal Silver Oak
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brachylaena elliptica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
