Flowering Month: November

  • Passerina rigida

    Posted on by s2Multi-stemmed, evergreen shrub with a somewhat weeping habit occurring mainly on coastal dunes and growing prolifically in the Park. The bark is used as twine. Read more »

  • Loxostylis alata

    Posted on by s2This small semi-deciduous tree occurs naturally in the coastal regions of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. It is usually single-stemmed but branches low down on the trunk. The fruits are small and fleshy. It is an excellent candidate for the... Read more »

  • Kiggelaria africana

    Posted on by s2A single-stemmed, medium to large tree with a rounded, spreading canopy. The grey or yellowish-green round fruit has a characteristic warty skin. When ripe it bursts open to expose black seeds with a sticky orange-red covering. Read more »

  • Harpephyllum caffrum

    Posted on by s2Wild-plum is a single trunked tree that branches fairly high up to form a dense, rounded canopy. The smooth oval hangs in bunches from the centre of the leaf whorls. Similar at first glance to Ekebergia capensis except that it... Read more »

  • Gymnosporia buxifolia

    Posted on by s2A single, crooked-stemmed, low-branching tree with an angular, untidy outline formed by haphazardly upward-growing branches. Most branches covered with spines which are more prevalent in young trees. Read more »

  • Gleditsia triacanthos

    Posted on by s2A deciduous, spreading tree. The trunk and branches have three-branched spines. Bright green bi-pinnate leaves consist of small paired lance-shaped and minutely toothed. Small, yellowish-green flowers appear from October to November. The seed capsules are flat and twisted brown pods.  Insignificant,... Read more »

  • Ficus sur

    Posted on by s2Large, semi-deciduous tree with large spreading crown. The bark is whitish or dark grey. Large, roundish figs are borne on old wood in leafless broom like-like clusters of up to 1 m long. Read more »

  • Ekebergia capensis

    Posted on by s2The large-leafed Cape-ash (also commonly referred to as Essenhout) is single-stemmed and divides fairly low down into a spreading rounded canopy. Its smooth, shiny fleshy, many-seeded and round fruit grows in profusion in good rainfall years and is popular with... Read more »

  • Diospyros dichrophylla

    Posted on by s2A large rounded evergreen shrub or small tree with tough grey-green leaves and creamy white flowers. The round distinguishing fruits are 20mm across covered with greenish-velvety hairs. Good example can be found at the east end of the Park on... Read more »

  • Dais cotinifolia

    Posted on by s2Found naturally in coastal thicket of Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal. Masses of pinkish-mauve pompon-like flowerheads grace this tree in flowering season lasting up to two weeks. The fruit is a very small reddish-brown nutlet. Stripped bark can be plaited... Read more »