African Yellowwood

Also known as Real Yellowwood, Broad-leaved Yellowwood, Oprechte Geelhout

Real yellowwoods are imposing slow-growing evergreen conifers that dominate the canopy of South Africa's ancient Afromontane forests. Mature trees feature distinctive deeply fissured greyish bark and glossy leather-like leaves that cluster toward the tips of stiff branchlets. Their swollen purple-red fleshy seed receptacles attract endemic forest birds like the Cape parrot, which feed on and disperse the hard seeds.