Schotia brachypetala / Huilboerboon Tree - Indigenous Tree - 10 Seeds Medium flowers are continuous from mid-summer

flowers are continuous from mid-summer to frost

The bright yellow flowers are borne from June to July

The fruit of these species is cultivated and eaten as a vegetable

Flowers are followed by cherry like red fruit (1/2 inch diameter drupes)

Schotia brachypetala / Huilboerboon Tree - Indigenous Tree - 10 Seeds Medium flowers are continuous from mid-summerSchotia brachypetala is a handsome, medium to large tree with a wide spreading, densely branched, rounded crown. It has a single trunk that sometimes branches low down. The flowers are rich deep red, and are produced in masses, in dense branched heads on the old wood during spring (Aug. Nov.). The flowering time is somewhat irregular in that a tree in bloom may be a few metres away from one that has no sign of flowers. This irregularity is of value to