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Faurea saligna
Also called Red Beech, Transvaal Beech, African Bean, African Beech, African Been, African Red Beech, Beechwood
Faurea saligna is a graceful, semi-deciduous tree in the family Proteaceae. It grows to about 10 metres (33 ft), or up to 20 metres (66 ft) under forest conditions. Found from tropical Africa south to the Transvaal, Swaziland and Natal, often in large communities on sandy soil and along stream beds.
Its dark-grey to black bark is rough and deeply fissured, while the narrow drooping leaves are reminiscent of a willow (saligna meaning Salix-like). The timber was much-prized by the Voortrekkers for furniture and they named it Transvaal Boekenhout for the timber's resemblance to that of the European beech. There are some 15 species of Faurea occurring in Africa and Madagascar.
Montane Beechwood · Marojejy Beechwood · Delevoys Beechwood · Madagascar Beechwood · Bush Beech · Smallflower Beechwood · Malele Beechwood · Egossa Beech · Faurea racemosa · Kamdeboo Beechwood · Broad Leaved Beech · Faurea
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Faurea saligna 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.
