geneesblaarboom, grootbitterappel, rooibitterbessie, doring-luisboom
Icuba lasendle
Large shrub or small tree (up to 8 m) with dense, woolly, grey-green leaves, prickly stems, small white flowers, and bright red berries.
Insects:Flowers attract bees and other pollinators; supports diverse herbivores due to chemical and structural defenses.Wildlife:Fruit eaten by louries, doves, bulbuls, especially in late winter.Soil:Not a nitrogen fixer.Ecosystem Services:Early successional, supports birds and insects.
Small, white flowers; red berries eaten by birds, seeds dispersed by birds.
Louries, doves, bulbuls feed on fruit.
Sow ripe seeds in sandy mix; germinates in 2 – 4 weeks.
Not common
Woolly leaf underside for wounds, fruit juice for ulcers, berries to curdle milk; contains solasodine (steroidal alkaloid).
