| Tamboti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Spirostachys |
| Species: | S. africana
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| Binomial name | |
| Spirostachys africana | |
Spirostachys africana is a medium-sized (about 10 metres (33 ft) tall) deciduous tree with a straight, clear trunk, occurring in the warmer parts of Southern Africa. Its wood is known as tamboti, tambotie, tambootie or tambuti.
It prefers growing in single-species copses in deciduous woodland, often along watercourses or on brackish flats and sandy soils.
- ^ Hills, R. (2019). "Spirostachys africana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T200643A2675506. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T200643A2675506.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.