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Searsia (Rhus) pyroides
Common Wild Currant (Eng), Gewone Taaibos (Afr), Umungumabele (Zulu), Motlhatswa (Setswana)
A small to medium-sized deciduous tree or shrub with a rounded crown. Leaves are trifoliolate, with leaflets that are leathery and shiny above, paler below. Flowers are small, yellowish-green, in dense clusters. Fruits are small, round, reddish to brown drupes.
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