Jonkershoek NR
Nestled at the eastern end of Stellenbosch, Jonkershoek is a pine plantation with a fantastic diversity of native plants. There are many stunning walks and rare plant species from the reserve.
Nodes
Heliophila
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Pelargonium
Halleria elliptica
Discocapnos mundtii
Discocapnos
Muraltia
Disa tenuis
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Taxonomy term
Psoralea
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Gk. psoraleos = scabby. The plants are covered with rough warty-looking glandular dots.
Psoralea
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Gk. psoraleos = scabby. The plants are covered with rough warty-looking glandular dots.
Rhus
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Gk. rhous, from rhodos = red (the word can be traced back for centuries); referring to the fruits or autumn leaves of some species.
Roella
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For Willem (Wilhelm) Röell (1700–1775), Dutch professor of anatomy in Amsterdam and horticulturist. He commenced his medical studies in 1718 and graduated at the University of Leiden in 1725. In 1731, he succeeded Frederick Ruysch as praelector anatomiae. This proved to be a poor choice as he neglected his teaching duties and the quality of training was poor, thus earning the ire of the Surgeons Guilds in Delft and Amsterdam. In 1754, he became a governor of the West Indian Company and owned two plantations in British Guiana. In 1755, he was made professor of anatomy and surgery at the Amsterdam Athaeum, but resigned the same year because of ill health. He owned the mansion De Keukenhof at Lisse, where he kept a botanical collection, and donated specimens, Lithophyta (stone plants) and African seed to the Clifford collection.
Salvia
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La. salvia = the sage plant; a name used by Pliny the Elder, from La. salvere = to heal; referring to the medicinal properties claimed for some species.
Scabiosa
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La. scabios = rough, scaly, from La. Scapies = roughness, scurf, itch, referring to leprosy; alluding to the plant’s supposed ability to cure cutaneous diseases and as remedies for relief from ‘the itch’ (scabies).
Scabiosa
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La. scabios = rough, scaly, from La. Scapies = roughness, scurf, itch, referring to leprosy; alluding to the plant’s supposed ability to cure cutaneous diseases and as remedies for relief from ‘the itch’ (scabies).
Selago
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Celtic. sel = sight; jach = salutary, beneficial; referring to its supposed medicinal properties, especially for diseases of the eyes. Another source suggests the derivation is Greek, selagh = flashing. (Allusion unknown.)
Senecio
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La. senex = an old man. The white, hairy pappus of the seeds is reminiscent of an old man’s beard.
Senecio
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La. senex = an old man. The white, hairy pappus of the seeds is reminiscent of an old man’s beard.
Senecio
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La. senex = an old man. The white, hairy pappus of the seeds is reminiscent of an old man’s beard.