English: Isibaha; Peperbasboom; Pepperbark; Pepper-bark tree.
Afrikaans: Peperbasboo.
Sotho: Molak.
Venda: Mulang.
Zulu: Isibaha.
Clades:
Canellaceae.
Region: Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, Malawi. Zimbabwe.
Ecology: threatened by habitat loss; protected in South Africa.
Content: iridoids; bromine.
Use: medicinal; wood for firewood; leaves for adding peppery flavoring to food and tea; ornamental, attractive shade tree.
BotanyTree; erect; up to 10, sometimes 20 m tall; thick canopy.
Stem: bark bitter taste; wood aromatic, oily, yellowish.
Leaves: aromatic; shiny green; evergreen; lance-shaped; up to 11 cm long, by 3 cm wide.
Flowers: petals, yellow-green, ± 1 cm long; solitary or borne in small clusters of up to 3.
Fruit: berry; leathery; purple or black when ripe; up to 4 cm wide.