''Brachylaena neriifolia'', commonly known as the Cape silver oak, water white alder or waterwitels, is a small tree which is native to river valleys in

southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number of ...

. It grows up to about 6 metres and is usually found along river banks or other moist areas. The leaves of this

dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...

tree are lanceolate, and it bears cream-coloured flowers.

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Brachylaena Afromontane flora Trees of South Africa {{asteraceae-stub