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Tarchonanthus littoralis
Tarchonanthus littoralis, the coastal camphor bush, is a shrub to small tree that is part of the Asteraceae family. The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs along the coast in KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape.
The leaves are grey-green with fine wrinkles on the upper surface, whitish and felt-like on the underside and smooth to finely toothed. When the leaves are crushed, they smell aromatic. The tree looks very much like the camphor bush.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tarchonanthus littoralis 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.
