Tree profile: African Wattle
![](http://www.africamuseum.be/prelude/prelude_pic/Peltophorum_africanum2.jpg)
African wattle, the toilet paper tree Scientific name: Indigenous names:
![](http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2004/08/03/palmbob/9db03d.jpg)
![](http://www.africamuseum.be/prelude/prelude_pic/Peltophorum_africanum3.jpg)
![](http://img2.tapuz.co.il/forums/1_133786170.jpg)
![](https://d12dc99qm3izfr.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_file/file/2945/IMG_2129.jpg?v=1397234867)
beautiful
![](https://d12dc99qm3izfr.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_file/file/2946/Screen_Shot_2014-04-11_at_6.47.15_PM.png?v=1397234988)
![](http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantnop/plimagesnop/peltophorumafricanumkirst.jpg)
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9IbVIxNTrMw/TvAE4D2jw7I/AAAAAAAAbXE/RPTbVxNeqos/s1600/Peltophorum%2Bdubium.jpg)
Ptyelus grossus several minutes later superetc etc Cultivation
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Sources
- Making the most of Indigenous Trees, Fanie and Julye-Anne Venter
- Trees and Shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park, Ernst Schmidt, Mervyn Lotter and Warren McClealand
- Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa, Braam van Wyk and Piet van Wyk
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