Tree ID help

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Re: Tree ID help

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Please post your trees here for ID help. :)
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Here's one that has irked me for quite a while:

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In the Luvuvhu floodplain, Hutwini Mountain in the background.

False-fig (Trilepisium madagascariense) has been suggested to me. Not implausible, the tree occurs in the Soutpansberg, so seeds could have been washed down the Luvuvhu. It is not a tree I'm familiar with, though.

Suggestions and ideas welcome.

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I have often wondered what this tree is? It was taken at the Girivana on S12/S40 was a haven for birds :D . But sadly the last time it was a very barren area :( .
picnic time was not the same sadly, even Cyril the squirrel was missing :lol:

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Can anyone help with an ID for this tree? It's at the intersection of Tafelberg Road and Kloof Nek Road in Cape Town, seen in late December 2021.

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Hi Arks
This looks like Corymbia ficifolia. (Red Flowering Gum)
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Thanks Marj! :gflower:
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