Osyris compressa (Cape sumach)

Pruimbas [Afrikaans]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core eudicots > Order: Santalales >  Family: Santalaceae >  Genus: Osyris

Osyris compressa (Cape sumach), Kleinmond, Western Cape (top left, top right, bottom left) and Kirstenbosch (bottom right). [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Hemiparasitic shrub or small tree growing to a height of about 5 m. In the Cape, flowers from December to June. Fruit is a red to black drupe. Occurs from the Western Cape through to tropical Africa.