Trees in Kruger

[Peter Betts]

Looks to me like the Transvaal Ebony (Jackal Berry / Jakkalsbessie) ..Not sure but the coloration looks good for it

[Dzombo]

Looks to me like the Transvaal Ebony (Jackal Berry / Jakkalsbessie) ..Not sure but the coloration looks good for it

No, Jackal Berry has non-descipt white flowers.
I think it’s a Weepng Wattle Peltophorum africanum. But a closeup of the flowers would give more certainty.

http://pza.sanbi.org/peltophorum-africanum

[Peter Betts]

Looks to me like the Transvaal Ebony (Jackal Berry / Jakkalsbessie) ..Not sure but the coloration looks good for it

No, Jackal Berry has non-descipt white flowers.
I think it’s a Weepng Wattle Peltophorum africanum. But a closeup of the flowers would give more certainty.

http://pza.sanbi.org/peltophorum-africanum

If it was on Sandy Soil then it could be ie Western half of the Park ..?? This pic would also be just about a world record for this Weeping Wattle species as they are generally small to medium trees..You are correct about the flowers ..The Jackal Berry leaves go Yellow in Aug

[okie]

Looks to me like the Transvaal Ebony (Jackal Berry / Jakkalsbessie) ..Not sure but the coloration looks good for it

No, Jackal Berry has non-descipt white flowers.
I think it’s a Weepng Wattle Peltophorum africanum. But a closeup of the flowers would give more certainty.

http://pza.sanbi.org/peltophorum-africanum

If it was on Sandy Soil then it could be ie Western half of the Park ..?? This pic would also be just about a world record for this Weeping Wattle species as they are generally small to medium trees..You are correct about the flowers ..The Jackal Berry leaves go Yellow in Aug

In fact , Peltophorum africanum ( Afr. Huilboom --- weeping tree ) growing up to 15 meters high , certainly are beautiful trees .

[Lisbeth]

Thank you guys, A Weeping Wattle it is

[Lisbeth]

Another Baobab

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[Lisbeth]

Makalani-palm or Northern Lala Palm Trees Hyphaene petersiana

Locally called Molala, large palm trees usually grow from 5 to 7m high, but sometimes up to 15m in height, single or multi-stemmed, with a slight swelling about half way up the stem. The tree is found in low-altitude bush land and coastal bush, often forming extensive stands. The leaves are fan-shaped and greyish green. Fruits are tennis ball size, ripening from green through orange to glossy dark brown. A thin layer of sweet-tasting, ginger-flavoured, spongy, fibrous pulp surrounds the seed. Fruits are produced in large quantities, up to 2000 per tree, each taking two years to mature and up to two further years to fall.

The milk present in the young fruit is similar to coconut milk in taste and colouring. Elephants eagerly consume the newly formed leaves, which are crisp at their base and have a pleasant coconut flavour. The crown-heart is eaten as a vegetable and is known in the Delta as 'gau'. The pulp of the fruit resembles gingerbread. To extract the pulp, the hard exocarp is hit with a stick. The pulp is quite palatable and eaten particularly by elephants and baboons. These palms are widely exploited as a source of wine and unfortunately many are killed as a result. Palm swifts are closely associated with this palm. They can be seen nesting in a vertical position underneath the leaves. These birds have evolved a unique method of preventing the eggs from falling by gluing them in place with saliva. The hard white kernels of the seeds, closely resembling the commercial vegetable ivory of South America, are too small to be of any economic importance though they are often used to make ornaments, trinkets and curios.

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Shingwedzi

[Lisbeth]

Sycamore Fig Ficus sycomorus

Ficus sycomorus grows to 20 m tall and has a considerable spread as can be seen from the photograph below left, with a dense round crown of spreading branches. The leaves are heart-shaped with a round apex, 14 cm long by 10 cm wide, and arranged spirally around the twig. They are dark green above and lighter with prominent yellow veins below, and both surfaces are rough to the touch. The petiole is 0.5–3 cm long and pubescent. The fruit is a large edible fig, 2–3 cm in diameter, ripening from buff-green to yellow or red. They are borne in thick clusters on long branchlets or the leaf axil. Flowering and fruiting occurs year-round, peaking from July to December. The bark is green-yellow to orange and exfoliates in papery strips to reveal the yellow inner bark. Like all other figs, it contains a latex.

Ficus sycomorus is native to Africa south of the Sahel and north of the Tropic of Capricorn.

The below was seen south of the Tropic of Capricorn though

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Ngwenyeni Waterhole - 2019

THE QUEEN OF TREES

[Klipspringer]

It is a Sycamore Fig

[Klipspringer]

These Shingwedzi palms are Hyphaene petersiana Makalani-palm or Northern Lala Palm.