plant description
- General - height 10-18 m, spread 6-10 m, evergreen
tree with a light brown, papery bark
- Leaves - leathery, up to 18 cm long
- Flowers - small, yellow-white, in clusters
- Fruit - ovoid purple berries
parts used
harvest
- Shoots are cut every second year and stripped of
leaves. Bark is left to ferment for 24 hours, the inner bark is then removed.
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