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by Matthew Dlamini
THE Yellow-bark acacia (Acacia erubescens), D. Birkenrinenakazie, A. Withaak; H. omungongomui has a pale flaking peeling bark, hence the German common name comparing the tree to European birch trees.
Mostly found on rocky hills and outcrops, such as the hills in and around Windhoek, they are now covered in lovely pink or cream flower spikes. Reportedly they produce the sweetest gum of all the acacias.
When not in flower they can most often be recognised by the almost white bark on their branches.
The Kobas or butter-tree (Cyphostemma currorii), D . Butterbaum, A. Kobas. Kobas is an iconic rock garden tree quite common in Windhoek and in other towns and villages in the drier parts of our country.
Ocurring naturally on hill slopes in western Namibia from the Kuiseb up to the Kunene...