• Cassine peragua subsp. peragua

    Posted on Can easily be identified by its’ flaky bark which is grey with orange patches. The leaves are almost circular. The fruit is green at first turning to orange and then black. Good for fire wood.   Read more »
  • Searsia laevigata

    Posted on Much branched, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub or small tree occurring in dense stands and on coastal dunes. Leaflets widely obovate, to occasionally lanceolate, finely rolled under. Bark smooth, grey brown, with or without spines. Fruit almost round, russet red.   Read more »
  • Searsia glauca

    Posted on An evergreen shrub, well branched with  obovate,  trifoliate leaflets which have  with a resinous coating which dries to a greyish powdery layer. Clusters of round and shiny reddish brown berries appear from August. Plants useful for stabilising dunes. They are... Read more »
  • Cussonia spicata

    Posted on An unusual and distinctive tree with thick corky grey trunk. The juicy roots are a source of water in times of drought. The mature wood was used for wagon brake blocks. Read more »
  • Clivia miniata

    Posted on Indigenous to Eastern Cape and endemic to southern Africa. This clump-forming perennial with dark green, strap-shaped leaves is widely cultivated in domestic gardens. Growing nicely in shade, it shows its bright orange flowers in trumpet shapes mainly during spring but... Read more »
  • Sarcocornia perennis

    Posted on Sprawling, jointed, fleshy perennial forming mats. Leaves not apparent, but are fleshy and united around the stem, giving the latter a fleshy appearance – segments barrel-shaped, green turning to various shades of red/brown. Flowers minute, three to five in clusters. Read more »
  • Sarcocornia natalensis

    Posted on Sprawling, jointed, fleshy perennial forming mats. Leaves not apparent, but are fleshy and united around the stem, giving the latter a fleshy appearance – segments barrel-shaped, green turning to various shades of red/brown. Flowers minute, three to five in clusters. Read more »