Excoecaria bussei

Excoecaria bussei (Pax) Pax

Common names

Pepper seed, pawnbroker tree (English); mpala-mtowasilu, mpala-mutowe (Kunda).

The English common name ‘pawnbroker tree’ refers to the three-lobed fruit of this species which look like a pawnbroker’s sign.

General description and distinguishing characteristics

Range and habitat

Mixed alluvial thicket