Fever Trees
The vegetation on the Ubizane reserve was dominated by various types of what are loosely termed acacias. This one - Vachellia xanthophloea, formerly known as Acacia xanthophloea - is one of the largest and easiest to recognise because of its distinctive bark.
It acquired its common name of Fever tree because it thrives in swampy areas where malaria was a scourge and the pioneers thought that it was the trees that inflicted the disease upon those who passed near to it.
Fever Trees
The vegetation on the Ubizane reserve was dominated by various types of what are loosely termed acacias. This one - Vachellia xanthophloea, formerly known as Acacia xanthophloea - is one of the largest and easiest to recognise because of its distinctive bark.
It acquired its common name of Fever tree because it thrives in swampy areas where malaria was a scourge and the pioneers thought that it was the trees that inflicted the disease upon those who passed near to it.