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Blue-fruited crowberry

Searsia laevigata

Also called Dune Currant, Dune Currant Rhus, Dune Currantrhus

Blue-fruited crowberry
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Searsia laevigata, the dune currant rhus, is a small, bushy, evergreen tree that occurs in rocky fynbos slopes and coastal shrub in South Africa.

Where it grows

This species is primarily coastal, occurring in coastal dunes along the western and southern coast of the former Cape Province, South Africa.

Other Searsia plants

Searsia leptodictya · Wilgerkorentebos · Searsia aucheri · Bramble Crowberry · Searsia brenanii · Red Currant Rhus · Blue Fruited Currant Rhus · Nana Currant Rhus · Broom Karee · River Currant · Blue Kuni Bush · Karoo Tree

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Searsia laevigata 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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