Common Cabbage-Tree

Afrikaans name: Gewone Kiepersol

Photo © Steven Herbert

Cussonia spiccata

The Common Cabbage-Tree grows to a height of 3 to 10 metres.

The leaves of this tree are arranged spirally. Its flowers are greenish-yellow in colour and are packed on to stalks. The flowers five way to purplish fruit.

In South Africa they can be found from near Cape Town, along the south and east coast, and across the whole northern and and north-eastern portions of South Africa.

A variety of wildlife make use of this tree. Various mammals eat the leaves, bark and roots. Birds are attracted to the flowers are fruit. Some butterflies are also attracted to the fruit.

References and further reading

What s that Tree? - Author: Eugene Moll - Published: 2011 - Page: 175

Trees of Southern Africa - 3rd edition - Author: Keith Coates Palgrave - Published: 2002 - Page: 850

The Gardener - 2021/02 - Author: - Published: 2021 - Page: 44

The Natal Bushveld - Volume 1 - Author: Natal Parks Board - Published: 1981 - Page: 59

Trees & Shrubs of the Witwatersrand, Magaliesberg & Pilanesberg - Author: Joan van Gogh - Published: 1988 - Page: 110

The Complete Field Guide to Trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei - Author: Elsa Pooley - Published: 1994 - Page: 378

The Flora of the Natal Drakensberg - Author: Donald Killick - Published: 1990 - Page: 70

Sasol First Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa - Author: Elsa Pooley - Published: 1999 - Page: 25

Sappi Wild Flower Guide - Mpumalanga and Northern Province - Author: Jo Onderstall - Published: 1996 - Page: 149

Sixty-six Transvaal Trees - Author: B de Winter, M de Winter & D Killick - Published: 1996 - Page: 134

Sappi Tree Spotting: Bushveld - 2nd edition - Author: R Grant and V Thomas - Published: 2005 - Page: 92

Sappi Tree Spotting: KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape - 2nd edition - Author: Val Thomas and Rina Grant - Published: 2004 - Page: 110

Piet van Wyk s Field Guide to the Trees of the Kruger National Park - 1st editi - Author: Piet van Wyk - Published: 1988 - Page: 185

Plants of the Baviaanskloof - Author: D Euston-Brown & M Kruger - Published: 2023 - Page: 237

Healing Trees & Plants of the Lowveld - Author: Dumes, Loon and Bester - Published: 2009 - Page: 27

Indigenous Beginnings - Author: Anneke Kearney - Published: 2008 - Page: 31

Photographic Guide to Trees of Southern Africa - Author: B, P, and B-E van Wyk - Published: 2000 - Page: 111

Know Them by their Fruit - Author: AT Ankiewicz - Published: 2021 - Page: 347

Garden Birds in South Africa - Author: Duncan Butchart - Published: 2017 - Page: 159

Field Guide to the Trees of the Kruger National Park - 5th edition - Author: Piet van Wyk - Published: 2008 - Page: 185

Everyone s Guide to Trees of South Africa - Author: Keith, Paul and Meg Coates Palgrave - Published: 1989 - Page: 87

Eastern Cape Veld Flowers - 2nd edition - Author: Eily Gledhill - Published: 1981 - Page: 174

A Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa - Revised - Author: E. Palmer - Published: 1983 - Page: 270

A Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa - 1st edition - Author: E. Palmer - Published: 1977 - Page: 245

Country Life - Issue 175 - Author: - Published: 2011 - Page: 90

For more info: SANBI

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