Indigenous Plants

Acacia Galpinii Acacia Karroo
Acacia Galpinii, Indigenous Plants, Monkey Thorn, Apiesdoring, Indigenous Plants Of Africa
 This is a large tree with luxuriant, light green foliage, making it ideal for a big garden, avenue or a park. It is also valued by farmers.
Acacia Karroo, Sweet Thorn, Soetdoring, Indigenous Plants, Indigenous Plants Of Africa
 This is one of South Africa's most beautiful and useful trees. It is integrally part of our country's history having been used for everything from raft-making to sewing needles and fencing for the houses of the royal Zulu women.
Celtis africana Combretum Erythrophyllum
Celtis Africana, White Stinkwood, Wit Stinkhout, Indigenous Plants, Indigenous Plants Of Africa
 This beautiful deciduous tree grows up to 25 m tall in a forest habitat, but in a garden it can be treated as a medium-sized tree, expected to reach a height of up to 12 m.
Combretum Erythrophyllum, River Bushwillow, Rivier Wilger, Indigenous Plants, Indigenous Plants Of Africa
 One of the winged wonders belonging to the bushwillow family, this medium-sized tree is a fast grower, producing creamy flowers and beautiful 4-winged seeds of a greenish brown colour when young and drying to a honey-brown.
Combretum Krausii Cussonia Spicata
Combretum Krausii, Forest Bush Willow, Woud Wilger, Indigenous Plants, Indigenous Plants Of Africa
 Handsome, quick growing and reasonably cold resistant, this tree is recommended for shady areas in gardens with a mild to warm climate.
Cussonia Spicata, Common Cabbage Tree, Kiepersol Boom, Indigenous Plants, Indigenous Plants Of Africa
 The cabbage-tree is a strikingly beautiful garden tree which is widely cultivated both locally and abroad for its striking evergreen foliage.
Diospyros Lycioides Kiggelaria africana
Diospyros Lycioides, Bluebush, Star-Apple, Monkey Plum, Bloubos, Indigenous Plants, Indigenous Plants Of Africa
 This exciting shrub or small tree is a very tough plant which grows well country-wide. Its most attractive features are its smooth bark, blue-green leaves, fragrant flowers and colourful fruits that attract many birds and insects.
Kiggelaria Africana, Wild Peach, Wilde Perske, Indigenous Plants, Indigenous Plants Of Africa
 Well-shaped and reasonably robust, the low-branching, wild peach has smooth, pale grey bark that becomes rough with age. The variable leaves of this evergreen tree may resemble those of the peach.
Olea Africana Rhamnus Prinoides
Olea Europaea, Olea Africana, Wild Olive Tree, Olienhout Boom, Indigenous Plants, Indigenous Plants Of Africa
 Frost-, drought- and wind-resistant, the wild olive has beautiful wood for furniture, and is regarded as a small-fruited subspecies of the commercial olive.
Rhamnus Prinoides, Dogwood, Blinkblaar, Indigenous Plants, Indigenous Plants Of Africa
 This African dogwood is a very attractive dense shrub or a small tree that grows up to 4,5 m high. The leaves are light green when young and very dark and shiny when mature.
Rhus Chirindensis Rhus lancea
Rhus Chirindensis, Red Currant, Bos-Taaibos, Indigenous Plants, Indigenous Plants Of Africa
 The red currant, Rhus chirindensis, is an attractive, African tree with lovely reddish autumn foliage. It is common throughout the eastern part of South Africa and is often grown in gardens.
Rhus Lancea, Karee, Rooikaree, Indigenous Plants, Indigenous Plants Of Africa
 The karee is a small to medium sized evergreen tree that usually grows to a height of 7 m and a width of 7 m but can be larger depending on environmental factors.
Vangueria Infausta Ziziphus Mucronata
Vangueria Infausta, Wild Medlar, Wilde Mispel, Indigenous Plants, Indigenous Plants Of Africa
 This species is one of South Africa's more popular veld fruits, and can be enjoyed while walking. This lovely little tree is considered to possess evil powers and not even the wood should be used for making fire.
Ziziphus Mucronata, Buffalo Thorn, Blinkblaar-Wag-'N-Bietjie, Indigenous Plants, Indigenous Plants Of Africa
 Ziziphus mucronata is a small to medium-sized tree, 3–10(–20) m high; with a spreading canopy. The main stem is green and hairy when young; year old branches often zigzag; the bark is reddish brown or roughly mottled grey, cracked into small rectangular blocks, revealing a red and stringy under-surface. Young stems are reddish brown.
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