For the unrelated red alder of North America, see Alnus rubra.
Butterspoon tree
Its distinctive spoon-shaped stipules give the tree its common name
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Oxalidales
Family:
Cunoniaceae
Genus:
Cunonia
Species:
C. capensis
Binomial name
Cunonia capensis
L.
Cunonia capensis, the butterspoon tree, butterknife tree, African red alder, red alder or rooiels, is a small tree found in the afromontane forests of southern Africa, and along rivers. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens for its attractive glossy foliage and its clusters of tiny, scented, white flowers. It is the only one of 24 species of Cunonia to occur outside of New Caledonia in the Pacific.
Cunoniacapensis, the butterspoon tree, butterknife tree, African red alder, red alder or rooiels, is a small tree found in the afromontane forests of...
(Cunoniacapensis, Platylophus trifoliatus). Several of the genera have remarkable disjunct ranges, found on more than one continent, e.g. Cunonia (Southern...
of diversity, DNA samples and other sources. Cyathea capensis (L.f.) J.E. Sm. (Hemitelia capensis Kaulf.) Cyathea dregei Kunze (Alsophila dregei (Kunze)...
Rooiels or Rooi-Els may refer to: Cunoniacapensis, commonly known as rooiels Rooi-Els, Western Cape, a village on the eastern shore of False Bay in the...
occupy about 10% of the land consist mostly of Maytenus oleoides, Cunoniacapensis, Kiggelaria africana, Ilex mitis and Brabejum stellatifolium. Wildfires...
four varieties in the order Rosales assessed as near threatened. Species Cunonia rotundifolia Pancheria humboldtiana Pancheria multijuga Pancheria robusta...
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