Description: English: Maytenus acuminata leaf, showing silky threads that form when the leaf is torn. Date: 9 August 2012, 10:57:23. Source: Own work. Author:
JonRichfield. Camera location
33° 44′ 33″ S, 18° 56′ 34.8″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap-33.742500; 18.943000. The tree is known in Afrikaans as "sybasboom", meaning "silky bark tree". The apparent reason is that if a leaf is torn then a fluid, possibly sap, is drawn into silky threads of no clear strength or value. Licensing[
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