Weeping Wattle

Afrikaans name: Huilboom

Leaves and seedpods of the Weeping Wattle

Photo © Steven Herbert

Peltophorum africanum

The Weeping Wattle is a smallish tree that rarely reaches a height of 10 metres.

During summer it gets clusters of yellow flowers.

Seedpods develop and are usually ripe around February.

The name Weeping Wattle arises from a liquid that drips from the trees. Interestingly this liquid is not from the tree itself. It comes from Cuckoo-spit Insects which feed on the sap of the Weeping Wattle.

Bark of the Weeping Wattle

Photo © Steven Herbert

The wood of the Weeping Wattle is used to make furniture and ornaments.

References and further reading

What s that Tree? - Author: Eugene Moll - Published: 2011 - Page: 67

Trees of Kruger - Author: Braam and Piet van Wyk - Published: 2023 - Page: 71

Trees of Southern Africa - 3rd edition - Author: Keith Coates Palgrave - Published: 2002 - Page: 345

What Tree is That? - Author: Hazel Stokes - Published: 1967 - Page: 3

Sixty-six Transvaal Trees - Author: B de Winter, M de Winter & D Killick - Published: 1996 - Page: 72

Sixty-six Transvaal Trees - Author: B de Winter, M de Winter & D Killick - Published: 1996 - Page: 78

Trees & Shrubs of the Witwatersrand, Magaliesberg & Pilanesberg - Author: Joan van Gogh - Published: 1988 - Page: 38

The Complete Field Guide to Trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei - Author: Elsa Pooley - Published: 1994 - Page: 156

Sappi Tree Spotting: Lowveld - Author: Jacana - Published: 1997 - Page: 62

Sasol First Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa - Author: Elsa Pooley - Published: 1999 - Page: 41

Sappi Tree Spotting: Bushveld - 2nd edition - Author: R Grant and V Thomas - Published: 2005 - Page: 162

SA Wild Flower Guide No 4 - Transvaal Lowveld - Author: Jo Onderstall - Published: 1984 - Page: 104

Pocket Guide - Trees of Southern Africa - Author: Piet van Wyk - Published: 2013 - Page: 50

Piet van Wyk s Field Guide to the Trees of the Kruger National Park - 1st editi - Author: Piet van Wyk - Published: 1988 - Page: 89

Know Them by their Fruit - Author: AT Ankiewicz - Published: 2021 - Page: 246

Photographic Guide to Trees of Southern Africa - Author: B, P, and B-E van Wyk - Published: 2000 - Page: 229

Indigenous Beginnings - Author: Anneke Kearney - Published: 2008 - Page: 39

Indigenous Garden Plants of Southern Africa - Author: Glenice Ebedes - Published: 2017 - Page: 41

Healing Trees & Plants of the Lowveld - Author: Dumes, Loon and Bester - Published: 2009 - Page: 50

Game Ranger in your Backpack - Author: Megan Emmett and Sean Pattrick - Published: 2013 - Page: 297

Common Trees of the Highveld - Author: Drummond & Coates Palgrave - Published: 1973 - Page: 44

Everyone s Guide to Trees of South Africa - Author: Keith, Paul and Meg Coates Palgrave - Published: 1989 - Page: 39

Field Guide to the Trees of the Kruger National Park - 5th edition - Author: Piet van Wyk - Published: 2008 - Page: 89

Field Guide To The Wild Flowers Of The Witwatersrand & Pretoria Region - Author: Braam van Wyk & Sasa Malan - Published: 1988 - Page: 124

A site-by-site guide to trees in the Kruger National Park - Author: Marissa Greeff - Published: 2017 - Page: 58

A Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa - 1st edition - Author: E. Palmer - Published: 1977 - Page: 142

A Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa - Revised - Author: E. Palmer - Published: 1983 - Page: 156

For more info: SANBI

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