Kiggelaria africana
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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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Ximenia caffra
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Olea europaea subsp. africana
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Tapiphyllum parvifolium
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Elephantorrhiza burkei
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Acalypha glabrata
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Commiphora pyracanthoides
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Rauvolfia caffra
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Ficus thonningii
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Pittosporum viridiflorum
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Trema orientalis
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From the Latin orientalis = ‘eastern’
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Tricalysia lanceolata
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From the Latin term for a spear or lance, and is usually used to indicate a species with narrow leaves that taper to a point at one end
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Vepris undulata
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From the Latin undulatus = 'undulating' or 'wavy'
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Vitex 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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Zanthoxylum capense
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From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South or even Southern Africa.
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