Our neighbour has this tree growing out side his yard. I love the dense shade it produces and its large felty leaves. It looks tike its gonna be big as it has that second shoot coming out. I have no idea what it is, though I thought it might be African teak but it's leaves don't look right.
Any ideas?
Here is a close up of the leaves.
Hi Mvule; can you show a close-up of the leaves, and any flowers of the tree?
And here are their small, mostly hidden flowers, with developing fruit.
Thanks Mvule! Need to see the flowers if any. A very unusual plant!
Let me try and see if I can find an open flower. But gotta take the kids out now! So it will be in a bit...
Can you show the mature fruit?
Looks very much like a Gmelina to me. Some communities here have been planted with them and they've grown into quite large trees. I agree that a flower and/or mature fruit would be helpful.
Aloha Mvule, and welcome! I will be watching with interest to see our experts here ID your tree - there isn't much they can't figure out with their collective knowledge.
Tell us a little about your garden and what it is like to garden in Uganda...We love pictures!
Hear are is the best flower I could find, I think I just missed the flowering season. This flower is about 0.5 com big. I think they are purple when they are alive.
These are the immature fruit. They are about 5-6cm long when they are mature I think!
It could be Gmelina though the books don't seem look exactly right.
You can see a few shots of 'my' garden in the palms and cycad section. It is very much a work in progress... against the odds.
