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The Live long is a deciduous tree.
Grows up to 15 metres tall in open woodland and rocky slopes. Occurs
in the Waterberg, Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and the Mpumalanga
province of South Africa.
The bark is coppery-grey and not very rough. The leaves appear after
the flowers which appear in early spring. The Live long fruits in
early summer. The fruit is ovoid, grows in sprays and is purple
when ripe.
The Live long is very easy to propagate. A truncheon planted will
take root and grow very quickly.
Remedies for constipation and fever have been made from bark and
roots of the Live long tree.
The wood is very soft and easy to carve.
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