Boscia albitrunca

Witgatboom

A tree up to 5 m high, in appearance very often variable. Trunk and branches yellowish. Grey-green leaves, elongated, rounded at the ends with a very short petiole. Small yellowish green flowers in dense clusters on woody branches. Yellow berries, more or less spherical with a large hard stone. The softer branches and the leaves often browsed by game and stock, leaving the plants conspicuously trimmed. When cattle eat large quantities of leaves and shoots, milk and meat acquire a very unpleasant taste.