Sickle-leaved Yellowwood

Afrocarpus falcatus, commonly known as the Sickle-leaved Yellowwood and False Yellowwood , is a species of Afrocarpus, native to montane forests of South Africa, from Swellendam District of Western Cape Province to Limpopo Province, and into southern Mozambique.

Afrocarpus falcatus occurs in mountain forest from Ethiopia through Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique to eastern and southern South Africa; also in Swaziland and Lesotho. It is planted as ornamental tree in South Africa, and occasionally outside its natural area of distribution, e.g. in Australia, the United States and India. Uses The wood, often traded as ?podo? or ?yellowwood?, is highly valued for ship building, e.g. More

Afrocarpus falcatus from the Global Compendium of Weeds, and citations of references to this species as a weed. Definitions of terms are available in the GCW introduction View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format. For further information-or to report corrections or concerns-contact webmaster@hear.org. More

Afrocarpus falcatus is the synonym for Podocarpus falcatus (Outeniqua Yellowwood), which is a medium to large evergreen tree. More