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Forest Oak

Brachylaena glabra

Also called Malabar Silver Oak, Velvet Oak, Chatter Brake, Chatter Brake Tree, Malabar

Forest Oak
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
Climate
subtropical

About

Brachylaena glabra, the Malabar silver-oak, is a tree that is endemic to South Africa and occurs in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.

Other Brachylaena plants

Coast Silver Oak · Brachylaena elliptica · 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 glabra 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.

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