Taxon

Anastrabe integerrima

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Common name: pambatihout, pambati tree, isiPambatho, isiPambatho, isiBhembedu, isiNqunjana
Family: Stilbaceae
Distribution: Coastal Eastern Cape to Kwazulu-Natal. Port Elizabeth to Mtunzini.
Habitat: Coastal forest margins, wooded ravines and sandstone cliffs and outcrops, and along streams.
National red list: Least Concern
Life form: Evergreen shrub / sub-shrub
Usage: Horticultural
Comments: A good horticultural subject for smaller summer rainfall gardens that responds well to pruning and can be kept 3-5m in height, although in its natural forested habitat at can reach 10 m or more.
The hard, termite-resistant wood is traditionally used to make spoons.
Links: Red List of South African Plants • SANBI PlantZAfrica

Locations

  • 1: Nursery areas • Accession: 2017-276/1 • Provenance: Unrecorded
  • 2: Nursery areas • Accession: 2019-13 • Provenance: Horticultural
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