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Searsia batophylla
Also called Bramble Currant, Bramble Currant Rhus, Bramble Currantrhus, Red Berried Grey Karee, Red Berry Grey Karee
Searsia batophylla, the bramble currant, is an evergreen, drought-tolerant shrub native only to the Steelpoort and Burgersfort area of Limpopo, South Africa. It is a species, not a genus, and it needs dry, sunny conditions with very sharp drainage.
Searsia batophylla (syn. Rhus batophylla), the bramble currant, is a localized shrub that is endemic to the vicinities of Steelpoort and Burgersfort in Sekhukhuneland, Limpopo, South Africa. It is an evergreen, drought resistant plant that grows in the rain shadow of the Limpopo Drakensberg. Its natural range has been impacted by mining, human settlements and overgrazing. Though locally common in 26 sub-populations, it is estimated that they have been reduced to some 30% of their former population and range due to these human activities.
Searsia leptodictya · Blue Fruited Currant Rhus · River Currant · Karoo Tree · Glossy Crowberry · White Karee · Searsia pentaphylla · Searsia pyroides · Bicoloured crowberry
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Searsia batophylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
