Spirostachys africana is a medium-sized (about 10 metres (33 ft) tall) deciduous tree with a straight, clear trunk, occurring in the warmer parts of Southern Africa. Its wood is known as tamboti, tambotie, tambootie or tambuti.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Tamboti being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Schinopsis balansae
- Phyllanthus chacoensis
- Diospyros mespiliformis
- Sideroxylon obtusifolium
- Sebastiania commersoniana
- Ruprechtia laxiflora
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Spirostachys
- Species
- Spirostachys africana
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