Weedscan Weed Profiles

WeedScan is a free community weed identification, alert, recording and communication system that supports cooperative weeds action Australia-wide. The weed profiles are being improved, please send feedback to weeds@invasives.com.au

View the Project on GitHub Centre-for-Invasive-Species-Solutions/demo_json_api

Anacardiaceae

Searsia lancea

Common Names: Willow rhus

Plant Form: Low branching tree. Size: Up to 12 m tall. Stem: Dark grey to dark brown, rough bark, with reddish-brown twigs. Leaves: Spirally arranged, leathery, slender lance-shaped, 7-25 cm long. Grooved upper surface. Flowers: Small greenish-yellow. Fruit and Seeds: Yellowish-to-greyish or brown fleshy fruit with central stone containing seed. Habitat: Woodland, riparian areas.

Leaves are trifoliate (grantegen)
Flowers are small and clustered (may_bee_tree)
Fruit pink when ripe (Ron Vanderhoff)
Native tree-like form (Simon Attwood)