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''Faurea saligna'' is a graceful, semi-deciduous tree of the Proteaceae family growing to about 10 metres, or up to 20 metres under forest conditions. Found from tropical Africa south to the Transvaal, Swaziland and Natal, often in large communities on sandy soil and along stream beds. Its dark-grey to black bark is rough and deeply fissured, while the narrow drooping leaves are reminiscent of a willow (''saligna'' meaning Salix-like). The timber was much-prized by the Voortrekkers for furniture and they named it ''Transvaal Boekenhout'' for its resemblance to European Beech. There are some 15 species of ''Faurea'' occurring in Africa and Madagascar. 〔http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Faurea〕 William Henry Harvey named the genus after William Caldwell Faure (1822-1844), a young soldier and enthusiastic botanist who was killed in India, and was the son of a Cape Town Dutch Reformed minister. Faure had accompanied Harvey on numerous botanising excursions, and had left the Cape for India in 1844 having received a commission in the East India Company's military service. He contracted cholera on arriving and was fortunate to recover. A few months later and in the company of a few fellow soldiers, he was shot by a sniper while crossing a ravine in a patch of forest, on the way to rejoining his regiment. He died after some twelve hours. 〔''The London Journal of Botany'', 6: 375 (1847)〕 Image:Faurea saligna07.jpg| Image:Faurea saligna12a.jpg| File:Faurea saligna03.jpg| ==References== *(【引用サイトリンク】work=Plantz Afrika ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Faurea saligna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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