Cussonia gamtoosensis Strey

Perennial, multi-stemmed, up to 4 m high. Bark pale grey, smooth. Leaves bi-digitate, relatively small, up to 300 mm in diam., 1-7 leaflets; leaflets lanceolate, 40-100 x 15-25 mm, thickly leathery, dull greyish to olive-green, tapering to apex and base, margins entire, rarely toothed, revolute; petioles ribbed, up to 300 mm long; petiolules of primary leaflets 20-60 mm long. Flowers in double umbel of spikes, 4-8 short, thick spikes per unit, up to 30 x 25 mm, on stalks 20-30 mm long; small, greenish yellow. Flowering time Oct.-Jan. Fruit up to 8 mm long, conical, fleshy, purplish, bracts clasping fruit (Nov.-Apr.)