
A Boon With a View - Dimwits Olifants 2018 Mambas Returns Interactive Report
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Some more hints: Look at the funky shape of the stem - distinctive for this tree
and it's the tree of the year 


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I cheated off Klipspringer's paper
- 2019 Tree of the Year: Sclerocarya birrea Marula Maroela Philenoptera violacea Apple-leaf, Appelblaar
I sort of hope she's pulling a fast one just to throw us off

I sort of hope she's pulling a fast one just to throw us off

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I tried that too, but only found the European "Tree of the Year" which is the Almond tree and it did not quite fit



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Not apple-leaf nor Marula! 

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Is it one of the Acacias?
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We are having a bit of drama identifying this tree now, with a couple of different expert opinions. Half of the tree brains-trust in the Lowveld is now on the job, including Gump!



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Great! I hope that they will agree eventually 

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Flutts, you will have to go and find this tree on your trip next month? They need closer leaf pics!



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