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English: Maytenus acuminata leaf, showing silky threads that form when the leaf is torn.
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Camera location33° 44′ 33″ S, 18° 56′ 34.8″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

The tree is known in Afrikaans as "sybasboom", meaning "silky bark tree". The apparent reason is that if a leaf is torn then a fluid, possibly sap, is drawn into silky threads of no clear strength or value.

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