Umtiza
Source:
SSA
Description:
Evergreen trees or shrubs armed with stout spines which are often branched and bear leaves and inflorescences. Leaves paripinnate; leaflets in (3)5-9(12) pairs, subopposite or irregularly alternate, sometime a lateral leaflet appearing terminal; stipules 0. Flowers bisexual, irregular, small, white, in a short panicle, usually terminal on lateral shoots. Calyx campanulate-tubular, with 5 short, imbricate lobes. Petals 5, arising in mouth of calyx tube, free, slightly imbricate. Stamens 10, arising with petals; anthers reniform. Ovary sessile, 2-ovuled, pubescent; style terete, with truncate-capitate stigma. Pod 1-seeded, compressed, elongate, firmly membranous, dehiscent. Seed ovoid, somewhat compressed.
Distribution:
Species 1: Umtiza listeriana Sim, forests of East London, Kentani and King William's Town Districts of the Eastern Cape.