Ysterhout Traditional Geocache
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A cache in Golden Harvest Park, under the shade of some big trees that must have been here for many years!
Olea capensis, the Black Ironwood tree, is an African tree species belonging to the olive family (Oleaceae). Olea capensis is widespread in Africa. It is found almost throughout Africa south of the Sahara desert from the the east in Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan, south to the tip of South Africa, and west to Cameroon. Sierra Leone, and the Islands of the Gulf of Guinea. It occurrs in bush, littoral scrub and evergreen forest.
Olea capensis is known by a variety of common names including:
Afrikaans: ysterhout
English: black ironwood, East African olive, Elgon olive, ironwood, ironwood olive
Swahili: loliondo, mushargi
Trade names: loliondo, mutharage, mutharagi, olive
Olea capensis is a bushy shrub, or a small to medium sized tree, up to 10 metres (33 ft) in height, occasionally reaching 40 metres (130 ft).[1]
Bark: light grey, becoming dark grey and vertically fissured with age; a characteristic blackish gum is exuded from bark wounds.
Leaves: light to dark green and glossy above and paler green below; petiole often purplish, 0.3-1.7 cm long; lanceolate-oblong to almost circular, 3-10 x 1.5-5 cm.
Flowers: white or cream and sweetly scented, small and in many flowered axillary or terminal heads, 3-15 cm long.
Fruit: when ripe they are somewhat succulent purplish drupes; ovoid up to 2 x 1 cm.
Lumber
The wood of the tree is very hard, fine grained, and heavy, and although difficult to work, it is widely used for art and artifacts.
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