The Silent Sentinels of the Coast: The White Milkwoods of Lomond

Along the Agulhas Plain, where the wind shapes the dunes and the salt air burns the edges of the land, stand the white milkwoods (Sideroxylon inerme). To most passers-by, they are familiar figures—gnarled trunks, glossy green leaves, broad crowns twisting toward the sea. Yet these trees are far more than coastal scenery. They are survivors…