Mundulea sericea
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Witwatersrand region
This is a region in pre-apartheid South Africa centred in the southern central Transvaal incorporating Johannesburg and Pretoria. It comprises the Magaliesberg, Pilanesberg and the Witwatersrand mountain rainges. It extends south to the Vaal river and north to the Pilanesberg. Of the 750 tree species to be found in the Transvaal, more than 160 are found in this region.
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Landolphia capensis
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Name of observer:
Joan van Gogh (David)
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Zanthoxylum capense
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Name of observer:
Joan van Gogh (David)
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Tarchonanthus camphoratus
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Name of observer:
Joan van Gogh (David)
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Erythrina lysistemon
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Commiphora schimperi
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Name of observer:
Joan van Gogh (David)
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Acokanthera oppositifolia
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Name of observer:
Joan van Gogh (David)
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Burkea africana
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Nuxia congesta
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Celtis africana
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Rhus lancea
(Karee)
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Short etymology:
From the Latin lanceus = a 'spear' or 'lance', and is usually used to indicate a species with narrow leaves that taper to a point at one end
Description:
Dioecious, evergreen large shrub or tree to 12 m with dark, fissured bark. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets sessile, linear to lanceolate. Flowers greenish-yellow. Drupes round, shiny. Apr.--July. Watercourses in karroid areas, NW, KM (Ceres Karoo to Zimbabwe).S
Rhus pyroides
(Gewonetaaibos)
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Dioecious, deciduous, armed shrub or small tree to 6 m. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets sessile, obovate, often hairy. Flowers pale yellow. Drupes round, smooth. Oct.--Jan. Near watercourses in karroid scrub, KM, LB, SE (Ladismith to Botswana and Namibia).S
Rhus undulata
(Kuni-Bush)
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From the Latin undulatus = 'undulating' or 'wavy'
Description:
Dioecious, evergreen shrub to 3 m. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets sessile, oblanceolate, sticky, aromatic. Flowers yellowish. Drupes lens-shaped, shiny. Apr.--May. Stony slopes, NW, SW, KM (S Namibia to Ladismith).S
Rhus zeyheri
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Named in honour of the renowned plant collector Carl (Karl) Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799-1858). One of South Africa's foremost botanical collectors who is synonymous with his collecting partner Ecklon. He began collecting in the Cape in 1822, undertook a major expedition to Kaffraria (the Eastern Cape) 1831-1832 and to the Transvaal from 1840-1842.
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Schotia brachypetala
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From the Greek ‘brachy’ / ‘brachys’ meaning ‘short’; and the Greek ‘petala’ / ‘petalon’ meaning ‘petal’.
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Scolopia zeyheri
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Short etymology:
Named in honour of the renowned plant collector Carl (Karl) Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799-1858). One of South Africa's foremost botanical collectors who is synonymous with his collecting partner Ecklon. He began collecting in the Cape in 1822, undertook a major expedition to Kaffraria (the Eastern Cape) 1831-1832 and to the Transvaal from 1840-1842.
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Securidaca longepedunculata
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From the Latin longus = 'long' and pedunculatus = peduncle (a flower stem/stalk)
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Strychnos pungens
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From the Latin pungens meaning ‘prickly' or 'pungent'
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Tarchonanthus camphoratus
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Smelling or resembling the camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora
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Tetradenia brevispicata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin brevis = "short" and spicatus = 'spike' (an elongate cluster of flowers)
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