{{Short description|Species of tree}} {{Italic title}} {{Speciesbox | name = Silver-leaf milkplum | image = Englerophytum natalense, Molwenirvier.jpg | image_caption = In KwaZulu-Natal | genus = Englerophytum | species = natalense | authority = (Sond.) T.D.Penn. | synonyms = * ''Bequaertiodendron natalense'' <small>(Sond.) Heine & J.H. Hemsl.</small> * ''Chrysophyllum natalense'' <small>Sond.</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=fz>{{cite web |last=Hyde |first=Mark |title=Englerophytum natalense (Sond.) T.D. Penn. |url=http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143770 |work=Flora of Zimbabwe |accessdate=10 October 2013|display-authors=etal}}</ref> }}

'''''Englerophytum natalense''''', the '''silver-leaf milkplum''', is a medium-sized, evergreen tree that occurs along forested escarpments from East Africa to South Africa.<ref name=fz/> The leaves are alternately arranged or spiralled,<ref name=plantz>{{cite web|last=Nonyane |first=Frank |title=Englerophytum natalense (Sond.) T.D.Penn. |url=http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantefg/engelerophytnatal.htm |work=PlantZAfrica.com |publisher=SANBI |date =2013 | accessdate=10 October 2013}}</ref> and to some extent crowded near the ends of branches. They are glossy green to greyish green above and covered in silvery hairs below.<ref name=fz/> The stem is straight and the bark smooth. Young branches are covered with dense brownish hairs.<ref name=plantz/> The plant contains a milky latex.

It is a larval food plant of the butterflies ''Euptera pluto kinugnana'', ''Pseudacraea boisduvalii trimeni'', ''P. eurytus imitator'' and ''P. lucretia''.<ref name=plantz/>

==Similar species== ''Manilkara discolor'' has rough bark, attains a larger size, and is native to drier regions.<ref name=plantz/>

==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed heights=180 style="font-size:100%; line-height:130%"> Englerophytum natalense, KwaZulu-Natal NBT, PMB.jpg|{{center|Foliage}} Englerophytum natalense, vrugte, Krantzkloof NR.jpg|{{center|Ripe fruit}} </gallery>

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natalense Category:Trees of South Africa