Pittosporum veridifolium
Pittosporum veridifolium
Afrikaans: kasuur
English :
IsiXhosa: umkwenkwe – young man full of gall.
Description and diagnostic features
It is small tree with very bitter thin bark
Part used
Bark
Uses
In the past it has been used to curdle milk
It is also given as a bark extract to get excess gall out of a young man who is over actively daring. He has too much gall.
Warning
Habitat
There is a lot in the eastern Cape
Propagation