Laurophyllus capensis

Description

Evergreen shrub or small tree up to 6m, resinous, densely leafy. Bark charcoal-grey to brown, smooth; leaves alternate, elliptic to oblong, glossy-green, margins toothed, leaf-stalk up to 2cm long; flowers small, white to yellowish, male in terminal panicles, female in dense, antler-like structures; male and female flowers on separate plants. Fruit oval, compressed, hard, slightly winged, about 4-5mm in diameter in panicles of congested fruit