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Tarchonanthus trilobus
Also called Threelobe Camphorbush
Tarchonanthus trilobus, the three-toothed camphor bush is a tree in the Asteraceae family. The species is native to Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. In South Africa, it is found in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.
The tree grows in bushveld, usually on rocky places and in dry forest. The leaves are thick, leathery, dark green, coarsely grooved on the upper surface and whitish on the lower surface. There are two varieties, one with leaf tips that have three teeth and the other with rolled leaf tips.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tarchonanthus trilobus 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.
