Mazhar Botanic Garden

Antidesma venosum E. Mey. ex Tul.

Tassel-berry

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001159
Common name: Tassel-berry
English name: Tassel-berry
Native: South Africa, China and indochina
Country: China South Africa

Evergreen to semi-deciduous shrub or small tree, dense, rounded crown grow to 2-15 m tall leaves simple alternate, 15 cm long leaf blade leathery dark glossy green, lower surface covered with rusty hairs and has prominent venation female flowers produced in thin catkins at the ends of twigs fruits small, fleshy, berry-like, green, then ripen to white, red, and finally purplish-black

traditional medicine, food. ornamental. shade, screen planting, wood is used for construction the wood used for firewood.

Antidesma natalense Harv

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Texture: Loam Mildly acidic soils Organic Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: High
Water Sources: Drought-tolerant plant
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Late summer
Zone: 9 : 10
pH range: 5.5-7.5

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