African Sumac

Searsia lancea

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• PlantZAfrica

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Dec. 17, 2025, 10:47 a.m.	Supports birds Supports mammals Supports bees Useful Edible Near water In water Rocky habitat Sun Pioneer species
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:35 a.m.	Supports birds Supports bees Easy to grow Hedge Useful Edible Sun Semi-shade Tree Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) aidac, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Craig Peter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Craig Peter source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) vaydeesh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) shaibirdie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source