The genus was named for Richard van der Schot by Jacquin who was the director of the Imperial Gardens at Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna.

[2] The flowers are numerous, bright red to pink in colour and are borne in small clusters during the months of February to March.

Flowers are followed by attractive, large, lime green to pink seedpods which turn brown when ripe.

Under normal circumstancesmstances the seeds would germinate in moist soil in late spring after the winter rains.

[3] The tree occurs in South Africa along the banks of dry streams and small rivers in the Little Karoo, the drier areas of Eastern Cape and the southern part of Western Cape.