Description
A tree to 35m in height,native to SE South africa:Eastern Cape,Kwazulu-Natal;Malawi;Taanzania;Zimbabwe.It occurs between(100-)1,300 and 2,000m particularly in montane evergreen forests or coastal forests near sea level in Eastern Cape.The crown is conical,becoming cylindric with age,with numerous slender ascending branches.The buds are globose to conical,3-5mm wide,with few longer recurved scales.The leaves are sometimes paired,clustered towards the apical part of the shoot and pendulous,linear,thin and leathery,lustrous dark green above,duller beneath,(50-)80-120(-170)mm long and (5-)7-9(10)mm wide(up to 220mm long and 12mm wide in young plants.