Combretum Erythophyllum - Indigenous South African Tree - 5 Seeds Desert Rose The fruit is a smooth

The fruit is a smooth berry

Conspicuous small red pimples (verruculae) on the face (which is grey/beige)

Leaves are flat and curved to narrow and pleated

herbaceous and rhizomatous species of flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae)

The common name in Spanish speaking countries and in the Canary Islands is palmera canaria

Combretum Erythophyllum - Indigenous South African Tree - 5 Seeds Desert Rose The fruit is a smoothBushwillow trees often are important plants in their habitat. Savannahs in Africa, in particular those growing on granitic soils, are often dominated by Combretum and its close relative Terminalia. Other species of this genus are a major component of South western Amazonian moist forests. This genus contains several species that are pollinated by mammals other than bats, which is quite rare indeed. But most species are more conventionally pollinated