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The Common Cabbage Tree is an evergreen
tree that grows up to 15 metres tall. The Common Cabbage tree has
long grey stems with smooth bark.
Flowers from April to May and fruits from June to September.
Habitat: Distributed from the
Sudan in the North to the Western Cape in the south.
Uses: Leaves are browsed by Kudu
and domestic stock. Baboons eat the young shoots. Rip fruit
is eaten by Bulbuls, Louries,
Starlings, Barbets
and Mousebirds.
Medicinal Uses: Decoctions are used to treat madness, convulsions,
amenorrhoea, heart pains, venereal disease and pains of the uterus.
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