About Scolopia braunii (Klotzsch) Sleumer
Scolopia braunii (Klotzsch) Sleumer is a medium-sized tree that reaches 25 metres in height and 50 centimetres in stem diameter. Larger trees have trunks that are flanged or somewhat buttressed. Its thin orange-brown bark features small raised irregularities and scaly depressions. Young red, rhomboid-shaped leaves grow on slender branchlets marked with pale lenticels. Mature leaves are alternate, sometimes toothed, and measure 4 to 9 cm long. Creamy white flowers grow in panicles from September to November. The fruit is a red berry that turns black when mature, with a diameter of 1 cm; it holds between two and four seeds. Fruit ripening occurs from December to April. Germination from seed is erratic: seeds may sprout within three weeks in some cases, but germination is slow and difficult at other times. Propagation from cuttings is more successful than propagation from seed.
