Confetti Tree

senegalensis: of Senegal

Shrub or small multi-stemmed tree, unarmed or with strong, straight spines. Young branches distinctly red. Leaves blue-green, spirally arranged, sometimes in fascicles on the spines, oblong to obovate, often notched at the apex; margins crenate-dentate. Flowers in dense axillary and terminal clusters, sweetly scented. Fruit a 2-lobed capsule pinkish to reddish-brown when ripe.

Common

Charaxes cithaeron cithaeron (Blue-spotted charaxes)

Sub-saharan Africa from Senegal to Eritrea and south to northern Namibia, Botswana and South Africa; also in southern Spain, North Africa, Afghanistan to India, Aldabra and Madagascar.