Trees & flora
White Milkwood
Sideroxylon inerme
Sideroxylon inerme subsp. inerme (aMasethole or white milkwood, Afrikaans: wit-melkhout, Xhosa: Ximafana, Zulu: Umakhwelafingqane) is a Southern African coastal tree, with dense foliage, black berries and small, foetid, greenish flowers.
When to visit
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Best monthsAny month
Records5,295 records
Curve from 5,295 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Where you'll find it
Western Cape and beyond
Provinces where White Milkwood is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
5,295 records, iNaturalist
Parks where hosts record the White Milkwood
Places to stay
7 results in South Africa
More stays nearby
- Which parks and reserves are best for the White Milkwood in South Africa?
- Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the White Milkwood at stays in or beside Gondwana Game Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
- Where can you see the White Milkwood in South Africa?
- The White Milkwood is most recorded in Western Cape (63% of records), Eastern Cape (29% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (7% of records), based on 5 295 iNaturalist observations. 7 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the White Milkwood on site or nearby.
- When is the best time to see the White Milkwood?
- The White Milkwood is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Gondwana Game Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
- What is the White Milkwood?
- Sideroxylon inerme subsp. inerme (aMasethole or white milkwood, Afrikaans: wit-melkhout, Xhosa: Ximafana, Zulu: Umakhwelafingqane) is a Southern African coastal tree, with dense foliage, black berries and small, foetid, greenish flowers. The tree's generic name means "Iron-wood" in Greek, referring to its very hard timber.