Flowering Month: January
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Carissa bispinosa
Posted on It is evergreen and twiggy, the branches exhibiting a repeated forked pattern. The plants contain a milky sap and the branches are often hairy. Spines are once- or twice-forked, rarely single, and are sometimes even absent. Found in wooded areas... Read more » -
Lantana camara
Posted on Invasive Status in South Africa: NEMBA Cat. 1b Origin: Central and South America A much-branched scabrid, upright arching or scrambling shrub. This plant reproduces by seeds, which are readily dispersed by birds and other animals (e.g. rodents) that eat the... Read more » -
Vepris lanceolata
Posted on SA Tree No. 261 This is a small to medium size tree. The bark is grey to pale brown with white and orange patches. The glossy green leaves have three spreading leaflets with wavy margins. The crushed leaves typically have... Read more » -
Rhoicissus digitata
Posted on Usually a woody climber to 15 meter, occasionally a small bushy tree 3 – 4m in height. Leaves with 3-5 leaflets, (easily confused with Searsia species). Flowers greenish yellow on short stalks Nov. – Jan. Fruit round, fleshy, purplish black.... Read more » -
Olea capensis subsp. macrocarpa
Posted on A medium to very large tree with leaves which are stiffly leathery. Leaf blade is flat, but the margins are wavy. The oblong fruit is large turning from green to red to dark blue – much sort after by birds.... Read more » -
Elaeodendron croceum
Posted on Evergreen medium size tree with grey-to dark brown bark. Leaves are leathery and serrated, dark green above and paler green with dark veins on the underside. It is a member of the Spike thorn family with pale yellow fruit that... Read more » -
Cussonia thyrsiflora
Posted on SA Tree No. 565 Usually an evergreen, scrambling shrub, often a climber. But also can be a small tree. Most commonly found in dry coastal scrub, often within reach of salt sea spray. The leaf stalk is long and fleshy,... Read more » -
Andrachne ovalis
Posted on Small to medium size tree with sharp, spine-like shoots. The leaves are ovate to ovate-elliptic, smelling of cyanide when crushed. Bark shows some conspicuous orange colour pigment. The small white flowers are fragrant. The fleshy round fruit is green at... Read more » -
Juncus capensis
Posted on Tufted perennial, leaves filiform to linear; flowers in cymes, pale with dark keels. (cyme: an inflorescence in which each successive branch ends in a flower; the next flower arising in the axil of a bract). Found in damp flats and... Read more »