Cleistanthus schlechteri

schlechteri (False Tamboti, Zulu: Umzithi) is a protected tree in South Africa.

[4] Small tree (up to 6 m), deciduous, multi or single stemmed, fairly upright and minimally spreading crown.

Many twigs and branches, trunks pale buff-grey, bark cracks into small, flat, more or less rectangular blocks.

Very small, oval to obovate, smooth, glabrous, marginally entire, dark green and glossy above.

[5] Both the sexes are borne on separate trees in small bunches, yellow-green to pale green; (October/November).