Brachylaena neriifolia leaves

The Cape silver-oak or water white alder, as Brachylaena neriifolia is locally known, bears oblanceolate leaves with a few marginal teeth near their tips. The (mainly) entire margins are rolled under.

The leaves are leathery, glossy and hairless on top while the lower surfaces may have some rusty hairs. Leaf tips taper as do the bases that merge gradually into the petioles (Coates Palgrave, 2002; Van Wyk and Van Wyk, 1997).