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| species = '''''R. lucida'''''
 
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'''''Rhus lucida''''', Varnished Kuni-Rhus (English) Blinktaaibos (Afrikaans). This small tree has a distribution along the West Coast of [[South Africa]] from [[Saldanha Bay]] around the [[Cape of Good Hope|Cape]] and up the East Coast almost until the [[Mozambique]] border. Its distribution area also encompasses the whole of [[Kwazulu-Natal]] and stretches in an arm past [[Swaziland]], right up the Lowveld areas of [[Mpumalanga]] and into [[Limpopo Province]], almost to the [[Zimbabwe]] border. The tree seldom reaches a height of more than 2 metres and has attractive shiny leaves. It is found in scrub or forest areas from sea level to 2000 metres above. It produces small, creamy-white flowers, which bear fruits 4 mm in diameter, which are initially green and turn shiny brown as they mature. The fruits are eaten by birds.
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'''''Rhus lucida''''', Varnished Kuni-Rhus (English) Blinktaaibos (Afrikaans). This small tree has a distribution along the West Coast of [[South Africa]] from [[Saldanha Bay]] around the [[Cape of Good Hope|Cape]] and up the East Coast almost until the [[Mozambique]] border. Its distribution area also encompasses the whole of [[Kwazulu-Natal]] and stretches in an arm past [[Swaziland]], right up the Lowveld areas of [[Mpumalanga]] and into [[Limpopo Province]], almost to the [[Zimbabwe]] border. The tree seldom reaches a height of more than 2 metres and has attractive shiny leaves. It is found in scrub or forest areas from sea level to 2000 metres above. It produces small, creamy-white flowers, which bear fruits 4 mm in diameter, which are initially green and turn shiny brown as they mature. The fruits are eaten by birds.
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Rhus lucida, Linn. Glabrous shrub, to 6 ft.: branchlets sometimes pu- berulous: petiole 1/4-1/2in long, narrowly winged; lfts. sessile, obovate, obtuse or emarginate, entire, rarely slightly toothed, lustrous, distinctly veined, 1-2 1/2 in. long: panicles terminal and axillary, about as long as lvs. : fr. globose, glabrous, about 1/4n. across. S. Afr.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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Rhus lucida, Varnished Kuni-Rhus (English) Blinktaaibos (Afrikaans). This small tree has a distribution along the West Coast of South Africa from Saldanha Bay around the Cape and up the East Coast almost until the Mozambique border. Its distribution area also encompasses the whole of Kwazulu-Natal and stretches in an arm past Swaziland, right up the Lowveld areas of Mpumalanga and into Limpopo Province, almost to the Zimbabwe border. The tree seldom reaches a height of more than 2 metres and has attractive shiny leaves. It is found in scrub or forest areas from sea level to 2000 metres above. It produces small, creamy-white flowers, which bear fruits 4 mm in diameter, which are initially green and turn shiny brown as they mature. The fruits are eaten by birds.

Read about Rhus lucida in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Rhus lucida, Linn. Glabrous shrub, to 6 ft.: branchlets sometimes pu- berulous: petiole 1/4-1/2in long, narrowly winged; lfts. sessile, obovate, obtuse or emarginate, entire, rarely slightly toothed, lustrous, distinctly veined, 1-2 1/2 in. long: panicles terminal and axillary, about as long as lvs. : fr. globose, glabrous, about 1/4n. across. S. Afr.


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