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Trees of South Africa
South African Indigenous Trees List
Baobab Tree in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
The tree is a well-known symbol of life - a fresh start, positive energy, good health and a bright future. The tree generates oxygen, stores carbon, stabilises the soil and gives life to the world's wildlife.
South Africa has a plethora of iconic, indigenous trees that add to the beauty of South African biodiversity.
South Africa Online ® delivers factual and educational information on indigenous South African trees, such as the grand Baobab and Marula trees, the sausage tree and the quiver tree.
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All species of baobab trees are deciduous, meaning they shed their leaves annually. This tree is very unique in its appearance and can grow ...
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The black monkey orange bears a fruit about the same size as a commercial orange, up to 10 cm wide, which starts out green-blue in colour an...
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The buffalo thorn blooms from October to April, showing its silvery green flowers hiding in dense bunches of its leaves. Its leaves, too, ar...
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The bushwillow blooms during September in greenish-yellow axillary spikes. These sweet fragrant flowers have been seen to be in bloom during...
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The common star-chestnut is an unusual looking tree which is hard to miss with its fat trunk that resembles molten material both in shape an...
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The cork bush is a very attractive plant. It has pale grey leaves embedded with fine silver hairs that make the whole plant seem shiny. When...
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The Jackalberry tree can grow extremely tall, up to 25 m high. The circumference of its trunk measures about 4 m. The tree trunk grows uprig...
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The knob thorn tree is characterised by the shape of its leaves. Each leaf comprises of four to six leaflets, is rather large with lopsided ...
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The lala palm tree grows about 5 to 7 m in height, but can reach 15 m. Its stems, growing singly or as more than one, thicken slightly halfw...
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The marula tree has a history that dates back thousands of years. Archaeological evidence has shown that this tree has been a nutritional so...
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The mopane tree characterises the landscape in which it grows for the most part of the year, its new green leaves turning a variety of autum...
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The nara plant can grow up to 1.5 m in height, its roots digging deep into the sand in search of water tables. These plants are entirely lea...
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The Natal Mahogany is an evergreen tree that can reach a height of 20 m. It bears a wide spreading crown, creating dense shade under its bra...
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The branches of this tree are modified into cylindrical photosynthetic organs. The process of synthesizing glucose food from carbon dioxide ...
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The sausage tree carries beautiful flowers varying from blood red to maroon, hanging down in long panicles. Animals such as bushpigs, the im...
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The leaves of the sickle bush are soft and feathery. Like other parts of the tree, they are nutritious and are also used in a number of medi...
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The silver cluster-leaf has a practical common name. Its long lance-shapes leaves are clustered at the ends of the branches and fine silvery...
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The tamboti tree is of medium height, and has characteristically dark and rough bark. It is a deciduous tree spotted by various colours with...
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The pods of the umbrella thorn tree are eaten by wild and domestic animals as well as humans, at times. These twisty, gold-brown pods fall t...
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e weeping boer bean is a medium-sized to large tree, varying in height from 11 m to 16 m and able to reach 22 m. It has a single trunk which...
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The weeping-wattle gets the weeping part of its name from the fact that it harbours spittle-bugs. These small sap-sucking insects tap moistu...
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The welwitschia is a very strange plant with long, wide, strap-like leaves that grow on the ground. The plant only grows two leaves in its l...
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The wild date palm is an evergreen tree that grows no higher than 6 m. Its leaves are about 3 to 4 m long and resemble a feather, comprised ...
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