Mr Farmer--- Please send me a note or contact me with any suggestions with regard to bush or trees which should be added to this "sugested only" list! -- I will keep it updated as best I can! All I am trying to do is get info to farmers.-- Please, every farmer must do their own further research as i have found a lot of conflicting information on the internet! --- Thanks! To: [email protected] My cel: 0844534499
Please Note: (This is only a suggested guide. All users must please varify correctness before use of any kind!) 1. Ritlee Xecutech, Cedara or Marc Custers will NOT accept any liability or responsability of any kind whatsoever if there are any mistakes, conflicts or incorrect information on this listing! 2. Ritlee received a list with No, Species,Index from a bush specialist stationed at Cedara in Howick 3.This list has never been published and is only a help for those interested in this information. 4. Ritlee (Marc Custers -- Cell 0844534499) Added Common Name, Brief Description, Normal Location and picture to this list to try and assist with those interested. 5.The reason why Ritlee have done this is to help us premote our Ritlee 225 Chipper with grinder which is ideal for chipping bush into a consistacy we feel ideal for cattle and game feed addition.
Woody plant palatability Index-- 0 – Not Acceptable, 0.1- Only plant parts eaten and 1 - Acceptable ->>
No Species Common Name Brief Description Normal Location Index Pictures
African tree – red pods and numerous Gauteng, Kzn, Namibia, Botswana and 1 Acacia Ataxacantha Flame Thorn 1 hooked prickles. Zim
2 Large spreading deciduous tree. Mozambique, Botswana, Zim, Kzn,
Acacia Burkei Black Monkey Thorn 1
Flattened open crown. Dark hooked thorns, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga flowers white, pink and cream.
3 Cork Thorn Deciduous hardy drought resistant. Semi Acacia Davyi hardy, flowers yellow balls. Thorn tree Indigenous to SA 1 1.5 – 3m Kurkdoring
Small tree or shrub, V shaped canopy. 4 Acacia Grandicornuta Horned Thorn Huge white spiny thorns, has pods with All over Africa 1 white flower balls
SA, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Branches near base, multistemmed, hooked 5 Acacia Luederitzii Umbrella Thorn 1 and long straight thorns, rough bark.
Mozambique
Black Thorn Low branched spherical tree, small, short, 6 Acacia Melifera sharp hooked spines in pairs. Flowers Northern Cape and Bushveld 1 cream. Swarthaak
Rough bark, yellow flowers, paired thorns, 7 Acacia Natalitia Sweet Thorn Southern Africa 1 pods
Deciduous tree, thorns and characteristic 8 Acacia Nigrescens Knob Thorn Southern Africa and Tanzania 1 knob on the bark.
Egyptian Thorn, Prickly acacia, Umbrella shaped dark bark with grooves, 9 Acacia Nilotica Southern Africa, Kzn, Mozambique 1 Red Thorn flower white/yellowish.
Indigenousbush and trees Confidential Page 1 Branches reach up into the sky, pale Bushveld, N and S Cape, Highveld, 10 Acacia Robusta Splendid Thorn paired thorns, canopy with spikey outline, 1 Drakensburg, Kzn and Lowveld. dark brown pods.
Flat topped low spreading, hooked prickles SA, Kzn, Zim, Swaziland, Angola, 11 Acacia Senegal var. rostraga Bushy Three Thorn 1 in threes, white flowers. Botswana
Umbrella Thorn Tolerates extremely harsh environments. 12 Acacia Tortillis Small white flowers. Produces pods, spring Africa, South Africa and bushveld 1 like. Haak en steek
South Africa, Zim,
Smooth bark with a green yellow colour. 13 Acacia Xanthophloea Fever Tree 1 Straight white spines that grow in pairs.
Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique
Large deciduous tree with a flat crown, Eastern South Africa to tropical 14 Albizia Adianthifolia Flat Crown 1 bright green heavily scented leaves Africa
Worm – cure Deciduous, multi stemmed tree. Blanchett’s spine tipped. Leaves 2-4 pairs of pinnae, Tropical Africa to Namibia and 15 Albizia Anthelmitica 1 flowers fluffy semi spherical heads, Swaziland. creamy white and pods. Used in traditional medicine to cure tape worm
Broad pod
16 Albizia Forbesii Black to grey bark with pods. Bushveld and Kzn 1
Breedpeul-Valsdoring
Multiple branches from near base, dark Meerstam – Valsdoring, Multi – 17 Albizia Petersiana grey and smooth, compound flowers Kzn, Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga 1 Stemmed False Thorn rounded head. White and red
Shrub or small tree leaves, trifoliate, Tropical Africa, Eastern Cape and 18 Allophylus Africanus African False Currant often branched spike like. Flower small 0.1 South Africa creamy yellow.
Robust head, stiff grey-green leaves Klipriverhills, Jhb, Soutpansberg, 19 Aloe Marlothii Mountain Aloe covered in spines and various colours for 0.1 Zim, Malawi, Swaziland, Mozambique flowers
Subtropical Africa,
20 Annona Seregalensis African Custard Apple Deciduous, medium sized 1
Kzn, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
Tasselberry Evergreen neat shade tree, simple leaves Tropical Africa mostly coastal areas 21 Antidesma Venosum with fine hairs. Yellow green flowers – red 1 but able to adapt to Highveld when mature. Voelsitboom
Indigenousbush and trees Confidential Page 2 Evergreen bushy tree, masses of white Southern Africa, Cape Town, 22 Apodytes Dimedea Wild Pear 1 blossoms Gauteng and Kenya
Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kzn, Needle bush Mpumalanga.
Spiny shrub, hairy, bark green on younger 23 Azima Tetracantha Speldedoring branches whorls of four long straight Browsed by cattle 0.1 spines
Beestingbush
Torchwood
Protected, semi deciduous tree. Straight Eastern tropical Africa, Kzn, some 24 Balanites Maughamii 1 smooth trunk with spirally arranged leaves. bushveld, Kenya, Swaziland
Groendoring
Evergreen – Semi deciduous, grows I dense groups with other trees, thin leaves blue Northern part of S.A. Limpopo, 25 Berchemia Zeyheri Red Ivory 1 green texture, hard wood, and drupe Zimbabwe, Eastern Cape. fruit. Delicious to eat.
Wooded grassland. Southern Africa, Kzn, Zambia. Deciduous, decorative, wood used for furniture, multi stemmed, bark rough 26 Bolusanthus Speciosus Tree Wisteria brownish grey, deeply fissured leaves, 0.1 brown fruit pods, hang in clusters from branches. Beautiful purple flower. Vanwykshout Tree 222
Shepard’s tree Sturdy white trunk, browsed by antelope, 27 Bosica Albitrunca rough dark bark, flattened underside, Bushveld, Lowveld and Kalahari 0.5 narrow leaves, stiff veins. Witgat
Branches are brown with a purple tinge; 28 Brachyaleena Discolour Coast silver oak leaves are oval, oblong and silver South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland 0.5 underside.
Variable plant, range from scrambling to Eastern to Southern Africa, Kenya, 29 Bridelia Cathatica Blue Sweetberry erect. Single or many stemmed. Bears Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, 1 fruit. Botswana, Mozambique.
Doringtou
30 Canthium Spinosum Tree 707 Eastern Cape, Kzn 0.5
Thorny Rockalder
Variable grows thorns in opposite pairs, Cape Town, along eastern coast, 31 Canthuim Inerme Turkey berry right angles to the branch, and leaves also 0.1 Natal, Moz, Zim and Swaziland. opposite pairs.
Iqwaningi
Climber with long slender branches. Leaves 32 Capparis Brassii Eastern coast belt forest, Kzn 0.1 alternate and spirally arranged.
Narrow leaf caper bush
Indigenousbush and trees Confidential Page 3 Scrambling shrub, with sharp paired South Africa, Angola, Malawi, 33 Capparis Sepiaria Hedge caper bush hooked thorns. Alternating leaves, dry 1 Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. deciduous woodland and thicket.
Mostly robust woody climber, sharp paired Eastern Cape, Kzn, Mpumalanga, 34 Capparis Tomentoza Woolly caper bush hooked spines. Leaves form between Limpopo, Botswana, Namibia, Tropical 1 spines. Africa.
Forest num-num Shrub or small tree, fragrant white South Africa, Malawi, Zim, 35 Carissa Bispinosa 1 flowers. Mozambique.
Y Thorned carissa
36 Catumaregum Spinosa Mountain pomegranite Spiny deciduous shrub. Southern China 1
Caturnaregam Thorny shrub approx. 1m in height. Woody Tropical Africa, Kzn, Mpumalanga, 37 Coastal bone – Apple 689 spines in opposite pairs, terrestrial, bear 1 Limpopo. fruit and flowers. Obovata
False Horsewood
Smooth thin grey green bark, brown and 38 Clauesena Anisata Basternieshout mottled when older. Compound leaves and Sub Saharan Africa 0.1 scented flowers.
Baster - Perdepis
Tinderwood
Bark covered in permanent white lenticels, 39 Clerodendron Glabrum Tontelhout Tropical to Southern Africa 1 leaves in whorls of 3, clustered flowers
White cats whiskers
Small bone apple Multistemmed shrub, main stem short with Southern Africa, Cape, Kzn, 40 Coddia Rudis arching branches. Up, out and down. Dark 1 Mozambique and Zimbabwe grey bark with no spines. Kleinbeenappel
Red bush willow Can be single or multi stemmed. Irregular canopy, long slender branches hang low. Tropical and Southern Africa, 41 Combretum Apiculatum 1 Bark grey to dark brown grey. Have fruit Bushveld and flowers. Rooibos wilg
Velvet Bushwillow Small medium sized, evergreen, deciduous, approx. 13m high, round crown, grey 42 Combretum Molle South, West and East Africa 1 brown bark when mature, leaves covered in fine hairs when immature. Basterrooibos
Large fruited bush willow Bushveld tree, rounded crown, singular Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng, 43 Combretum Zeyheri multistemmed. Trunks can be twisted, 1 Northwest. smooth whitish colour. Raasblaar
Commiphora Copper Stemmed cork wood Deciduous, small to med, branches divide Southern Africa, N.E. Africa, India, 44 into rigid, thin, branchlettes and twigs. 0.5 Arabia Copper bronze paper like flakes. Harvyii Koperstomkanniiedood
Indigenousbush and trees Confidential Page 4 Sweet-root Corkwood Deciduous, branches near base, smooth S.A., Northern Kzn, Zim, 45 Commipora Neglectra green bark, spine tipped lateral branches. 0.5 Mozambique, Limpopo, Mpumalanga Small yellow flowers. Groenstam-Kannidood
Sandpaper Saucerberry Small shrub, multi stemmed. Alternating 46 Cordiva Ovalis leaves, soft rusty hairs underneath. Fleshy South Africa, Kzn 1 fruit. Snot-berry
Shrub, small tree, brown bark, grey pale South Africa, Kzn, Mpumalanga, 47 Croton Menyharthii Rough leaved croton 0.1 white yellow scales, leaves alternate Swaziland, Zim, Moz, Botswana
Sand cabbage tree
Short multi stemmed plant, compound 48 Cuss onia Arenicola South Africa, Kzn 0.1 leaves, fruit almost with no stalks
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Small deciduous tree, fissured bark, South Africa, Kzn, Zimbabwe, 49 Dalbergia Obovata Rock cabbage tree corky, dark grey to brown, leaves deeply 5 1 Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Swaziland lobed but not divided. Shiny green
Compound leaves, long and clustered. Dark South Africa, Eastern Cape, Kzn, 50 Deinbollia Oblongifolia Dune soap berry grey bark, branches low down. White 1 Mozambique, Swaziland flowers
Poision leaf
Gifblaar Looks like a clump of small woody shrubs Savannah, Middleburg, Mpumalanga, about 15cm, Huge underground root 51 Dichapetalum Cymosum Maputo, Musina, Magaliesburg, Kzn, 0 system. Simple leaves fine hairs Namibia, Zim, Botswana alternating
Associated with cattle poisoning, one of big 6 toxic plants
Chinese lantern
Bell mimosa Semi deciduous, grows to appox 7m, strong 52 Dicrostachys Cinerea Africa 1 alternate thorns, bicoloured flowers Kalahari xmas tree
Sicklebush
Monkey plum
Smooth bark, green blue leaves, fragrant 53 Diospyros Lycioides South Africa, Botswana, Namibia 0.1 flowers, colourful fruit
Bloubos
Wild pear Deciduous tree, dark grey fissured bark, leaves and flowers densely covered in 54 Dombeya Rotundifolia Southern and Tropical Africa 1 stellate hairs. Abundant sweet scented flowers. Dikbas
Kei Apple Straggly tree, sharp long stem spines, Kzn, Bushveld, Eastern Cape, 55 Dovyalis Caffra alternating simple leaves, bright edible 1 Swaziland, Limpopo fruit Umkokola
Indigenousbush and trees Confidential Page 5 Spiny evergreen, bearing edible fruit, Kzn, Limpopo, Western Cape, 56 Dovyalis Longispina Sourberry 1 creamy green flowers Mpumalanga, Swaziland
Deurmekaarbos Deciduous, hardy, rigid branches, leaves in tufts, leathery and rough, barbs along South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, 57 Ehretia Regida 1 margin. Smooth grey bark, fragrant Zimbabwe, Mozambique flowers, orange edible fruit Tanglebush
Bushveld Saffron
Bushy tree, small, pale, grey bark, dwarf Kzn, Swaziland, Mpumalanga, 58 Elaedendron Transvaalense Bosveldsaffraan spur branches, cluster of leaves at tip Mozambique, Mpumalanga, Zimbabwe, 1 often in threes Zambia
Lepelhout
Fynblaar-Kokaboom
Terrestrial – small shrub or tree. Prefers 59 Erythroxylum Delagoense Kzn, Limpopo, Mpumalanga 0.5 forest or scrub, stony, sandy soil
Small leaved coca tree
Sea Guarrie Shiny shrub or small tree. Numerous Eastern Cape, Kzn, Limpopo, 60 Euclea Daphnoides branchlets, white bark and alternating 1 Mpumalanga leaves Dune Guarrie
Magic Guarri Evergreen, small shrub or tree, separate male and female flowers on separate Northern part of South Africa, Moz, 61 Euclea Divinorum 0.1 trees. Single or multi stemmed. Rounded Zim and Botswana. crown, grey brown bark. Towerghwarri
Hirste, leathery leaves, opposite 62 Euclea Natalensis Natal Guarri arrangement, floer sprays grow from leaf Western Cape and Natal 0.1 axil and they have spherical fruit
Sea Guarri Leathery foliage, even and dense, ideal for hedges, separate male and female 63 Euclea Racemosa Southern Africa 0.1 flowers on separate trees, small white flowers, red, purple or black fruit. Dune Guarri
Small leaved Guarri Sturdy evergreen, dense, twiggy, shrub. Southern Africa, Mozambique, 64 Euclea Undulata Bushy rounded appearance, closely packed 1 Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia leaves Kleinblaar gwarri
Dune Myrtle
Shrub tree, pendulous branches, wild Eastern Cape, Kzn, Kenya, Zim, 65 Eugenia Capensis Blouduimebos 0.1 fruit, source of wood Mozambique, Swaziland
Blouduimbessie
66 Eugenia Moxambicensis Myrtle Shrub, leaves are variable in shape South Africa, Mozambique 0.1
Indigenousbush and trees Confidential Page 6 Shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite, Kzn, Eastern Cape, Swaziland, 67 Eugenia Natalitia Common Forest Myrtle oblong, elliptical, leathery, flowers singly 0.1 Limpopo, Zimbabwe or small clusters, white, fruit, red berry
River Euphoria
Succulent, deciduous, spiny tree, branches 68 Euphorbia Tringularis Eastern Cape, Kzn 0 clustered in whorls
River Naboom
White berry-bush Deciduous, multistemmed, fast-growing, Southern Africa, Limpopo, Kzn, 69 Fluegga Virosa bushy shrub, thorn like branches, Reddish 1 Mpumalanga brown bark, green crowded leaves
Witbessiesbos
African Mangosteen Small tree, thick woody young branches and yellow to red resin. Leaves in whorls, 70 Garcenia Livingstonei Kzn, Limpopo, Zambizi 1 variable in shape. Flowers in groups, fruit is an orange berry Afrika-geelmelkhoud
Natal Gardenia Bushveld, Zululand, Maputo,
Multi branched. Erect or spreading main branchlets. Thick thorns, whitish grey 71 Gardenia Cornuta Wilde- appel Swaziland, Mozambique 1 trunk. Smooth leaves, whorls of 3, solitary flowers, pear shaped fruit
Natalkatjiepiering
Bushveld gardenia
Multistemmed tree with dense rounded crown, arching branches. Pale grey bark, Woodland and Bushveld, Southern 72 Gardenia Volkensii Stompdoring 1 appears knobbly, glossy green leaves, Africa and Kzn groups of 3
Bosveldkatjiepiering
White raisin
Bi coloured leaves, bright yellow flower, 73 Grewia Bicolor Northern Kzn, West Africa 0.5 multi stemmed, smooth grey bark, fissured
Witrosyntjie
Cross Berry
Deciduous tree, purple star shaped 74 Grewia Occidentalis flowers, four lobbed berries, reddish Cape, Mozambique, Zambia 0.5 brown colour
Kruisbessie
Giant Raisin
Glossy green leaves, large yellow flowers, 75 Grewia Hexaminta Reusterosyntie Lowveld, Kzn 0.5 multistemmed
Blinkblaarrosyntjie
Spike thorn Showy plant in flower, evergreen, simple Eastern, Western and Northern 76 Gymnosporia Buxifolia rounded leaves, toothed margins, white to Cape, Freestate, Gauteng, Limpopo, cream flowers NW Mpumalanga, kzn Stink doring 0.5
Bloupendoring
White flowers, dark bark with a lot of 77 Gymnosporia Glaucophylla Southern Africa 0.5 texture
Blue leaved spike thorn
Indigenousbush and trees Confidential Page 7 Spike Thorn
Sharp straight thorns. Grey brown bark Cape province, Kzn, Limpopo, 78 Gymnosporia Heterophylla deeply fissured. Clusters of white flowers, 0.5 Mpumalanga, Angola, Namibia faecal smell that attracts insects
Riffelstam - pendoring
Growing in grassland. Red fruits, white 79 Gymnosporia Markwardii Maputuland Spike Thorn Kzn 0.5 when burst open
Confetti Tree
Deciduous tree shrub, used as food and Southern and Northern Africa, Sub 80 Gymnosporia Senegalensis 1 medicine in Africa, Strong straight spines. Saharan Africa
Red Spike Thorn
False Horsewood
Semi deciduous, densely leafy, unpleasant 81 Hippobromus Pauciflorus Eastern Cape, Kzn 1 smelling
Basterperdepis
Alternate leaves, bears fruit, both male 82 Hymenocardia Ulmoides Small red heart South Africa and Kzn 1 and female flowers
Rhino Coffee
Smooth grey brown bark, glossy leaves, 83 Kraussia Floribunda Renosterkoffie South Africa and Kzn 1 clusters of white flowers and berries
Wildekornoelie
Wild Sage
Small perennial shrub, often ornamental, broad ovate dark green and hairy leaves, W Cape, E Cape, Kzn, Mpumalanga, 84 Lantana Camara Red Sage 0 recurved thorns, beautiful flowers, glossy Limpopo green fruit TOXIC
Gomdagga
Lemonbush
Woody multistemmed shrub, erect branches, hairy leaves with noticeable W Cape, E Cape, Botswana, 85 Lippia Javanica Lemoenbossie 0.1 veins, strong lemon smell, cream flowers, Swaziland, Zambia small fruit
Koorbossie
Branched small tree or shrub, thick 86 Manilkara Concolor Zulu Milkberry leathery leaves, crowded at end of Kzn, Zimbabwe and Mozambique 0.1 branches. Orange fruit.
Dune Koko tree Densely bushed scrambling shrub. Bluish 87 Maytenus Procumbens green, leathery leaves with spine tipped W Cape, E Cape, Kzn 0.5 teeth, cream flowers and spherical fruit Duinekokoboom
Dwaba-berry Climber, common coastal areas, smooth 88 Monanthototaxis Caffra stem, brown bark, long narrow leaves, E Cape, Kzn, Mpumalanga 0.1 small cream flowers Dwadabessie
Indigenousbush and trees Confidential Page 8 Evergreen, bushveld and forest, grey N provinces of South Africa, W and 89 Mystroxylon Aethopicum Transvaal Kooboo-berry colour, leathery leaves, glossy, flowers 1 E Africa and small fleshy fruit
Cape plane
Shrub, small leaves alternating or spiral, 90 Ochna Arborea Red wood Southern Africa 1 lateral veins.
Pleinhout
Showy Plane
Coastal box wood Large shrub, erect fast growing, grey W to E Cape, Mozambique, N 91 Ochana Matalitia brown bark, elliptical leaves, toothed 1 Province, Swaziland, Zim margins Pronkrooi hout
Natal rooihout
Wild Olive Neatly shaped, evergreen, dense spreading crown, grey green foliage, rough grey 92 Olea Europaea Wide spread in Africa 1 bark. Asset in dry areas a lot of animals feed on it. Olienhout
Caerpillar bus Dark brown, fissured, corky young branches, with white hairs, clustered 93 Ormocarpum Trichocarpum Kzn, Africa and Swaziland 1 leaves, dwarf spur branchlets. Flowers in clusters, fruit small pod. Ruserboontjie
Drooping Resin Tree
94 Ozoroa Engleri White Resin Tree Robust shrub with densely leafy branches Kzn, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo 1
Wit – harpiusboom
Broad leaved resin tree, Shrub which can grow into small tree, evergreen, flat crown, rough, thick, grey 95 Ozoroa Obavata Kzn, Zim 1 bark, spirally arranged leaves, whorls of 3, oblong, small white flowers Bree blaarharpuisboom
Common Resin Tree Deciduous, round crown, single stemmed. 96 Ozoroa Paniculosa Grey bark, cracks and turns rough with N Parts of Southern Africa, Kzn, 1 age. Kidney shaped fruit. Gewone Harpuisboom
Jacket Plum
Long lived, hardy, evergreen. Simple oblong leaves, hard textured and wavy. N Cape, Karoo, E Cape, Kzn, N 97 Pappea Capensis Bushveld Cherry 1 Green flowers and velvety fruit with bright Province, Mozambique and Zimbabwe red flesh
Doppruim
Apple – leaf Medium to large deciduous, wide spreading crown, tall main stem, inerrably bent, Southern Africa, Limpopo, 98 Pavetta Vanwykeana twisted. Dark grey and flaking. Scattered 1 Mpumalanga, Kzn flowers, white to pink, kidney shaped Appelblaar seeds
Potato Plant Dense deciduous shrub, distinct smell with miniature flowers, small and twiggy with E Cape, Highveld, Low veld, Kzn, 99 Phyllanthus Reticulatus 1 light reddish brown hairy stems and Limpopo, Zimbabwe alternating leaves Aartappelbos
Indigenousbush and trees Confidential Page 9 Hard, durable, bark used to relieve Sneeze wood headaches and resin to repel insects and keep ticks of cattle, opposite leaves with 100 Ptaeroxyon obliquum E Cape, Kzn, Mpumalanga, Limpopo 1 3 to 8 pairs of dark green leaflets terminal pair at tip. Small flowers sweet Nieshoud scent.
Weeping Boer-bean Medium sized tree, low branching, attractive wide spreading, rounded crown, E Cape, Kzn, Swaziland, Mpumalanga, 101 Schotia Brachypetala 1 waxy crimson flowers, seed pods, Seeping N Province nectar produced by flowers Huilboerboom
Dwarf Boer-bean Small slender scrambling shrub, grows alongside other species. Multi stemmed, Natal, Gauteng, Thornveld and 102 Schotia Capitata 1 grey bark, dense flowers and pale brown bushveld, Mpumalanga seeds Kleinboerboon
Juicy well known fruit. Rounded crown, 103 Sclerocaraya Birrea Marula Bushveld and Kzn 1 corky grey bark, distinct leaves
Smooth pale grey bark, arching weeping 104 Sclerocroton Inteerrimum Duikerberry branches, branchletts are reddish brown, Kzn, Natal, SA 1 alternating leaves
Thorny Karree
Small tree spine shoots, look like thorns, Bushveld, Kzn, E Cape, Limpopo, 105 Searsia Didymobotrya 1 hard wood Mpumalanga
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Natal Karee
Many branched, woody plant. Medicine and 106 Sersia Natalensis E Cape, Kzn 1 stabilize soil
Northern dune currant
Monkey Pod Shrub or small deciduous tree. Leaves paripinnate, 6 – 12 pairs of leaflets. 107 Senna Petersiana 0.5 Flowers large spray. Pods up to 25cm slight curve and black when ripe. Eared Senna Kzn, Mpumananga and Limpopo
White Milkwood
Small medium evergreen, sturdy trunk, Melkbessie rounded crown. Grey, brown bark, young W and E Cape, Kzn, Mpumalanga, 108 Sideroxylon Inerme branches fine hairs, leathery, spirally 0.1 Zimbabwe and Mozambique arranged leaves. Small flowers unpleasant Melkhout smell, small black round fleshy fruit.
Jakkelbessie
Tomboti Dark brown rough bark, alternate leaves, Kzn and bushveld areas fruit known as “jumping bean” infested 109 Spirostachys Africana 1 with lava from moths. Milky latex, highly poisioness. Tambotie (Toxic)
Natal Teak
Branched shrub, green reddish stem, leaves opposite. Used in medicines. Bark South Africa, Mozambique, 110 Strychnos Henningsii Koffiehadepeer 0.1 contains bitter alkaloid, can cause Swaziland, Kenja paralysis.
Indigenousbush and trees Confidential Page 10 Black Monkey Orange
Tall heavily branched, pale grey bark, Botswana, Limpopo, N.W. 111 Strychnos Madagascariensis Swartklopper simple green, hairy, leathery leaves. 1 Mpumalanga, Kzn, Bushveld areas Trumpet like flowers, smooth fruit.
Botterklapper
Spiny Monkey Orange
Small to medium, deciduous tree, flattish E Cape, Kzn, Mozambique, Swaziland, 112 Strychnos Spinosa Green Monkey Orange canopy, heavily branched, green white 1 Zimbabwe flowers
Doringklapper
African Dream Root
Multi branched, dark brown, blue green N and E Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, 113 Synaptolepsis Kirkii spear shaped leaves, fiberous roots, tasty 1 Mozambique, Swaziland round fruit
Used in traditional medicine
Waterbessie Evergreen, water loving, near streams, elliptical leaves, blue green on top pale 114 Syzeguim Cordatum Streambanks Kzn to Mozambique 0.1 green below, young leaves reddish. Oval berries, white to pinkish flowers. Waterberry
Toad Tree Fairly tall, trunk corky pale bark with longitudinal fissures, leathery leaves, dark 115 Tabernaemontana Elegans S and E Africa, Swaziland 1 above paler beneath, white fragrant flowers, leathery fruit Laeveld Paddaboom
Flaky Bark Cherry
Evergreen, three foliate leaves, dull 116 Teclea Gerradii green, leathery texture. Bark, flaky with 0.1 cracks, green flowers and spherical fruit
Skilfer kersie-lemoen E Cape, Kzn and Mozambique
Silver Cluster leaf
Reddish brown branches, crowded leaves at end of branches, blue green above pale 117 Terminalia Sericea Vaalboom Southern Africa 1 underneath, densley covered in silver hairs.
Bushveld
Jackal Coffee
Scrambling shrub, opposite leaves, variable 118 Tricalysia Junodii size, velvety and hairy undersurface, bell Kzn, Limpopo, Mpumalanga 0.1 shaped flowers
Fluffy flower
Natal Mahogany Evergreen, dark glossy leaves, wide 119 Trichillia Emetica spreading crown. Separate male and Southern Africa, Kzn, Mozambique 1 female trees Rooiessenhout
Wild Mulberry
Small to medium. Alternate leaves, almost E Cape, Freestate, Kzn, Limpopo, W 120 Trimeria Granfolia round with tip. Small fruit in woody 0.1 Cape and Mpumalanga capsule.
Grootblaarysterhout
Small Cluster Pear Southern Africa
Shrub, small tree, climber, often 121 Uvaria Caffra 0.5 scrambling
Indigenousbush and trees Confidential Page 11 Shrub, small tree, climber, often 121 Uvaria Caffra 0.5 scrambling
Kleinvrug-trospeer Coastal Areas
Wild Medlar
Deciduous shrub, single or multistemmed E Cape, Freestate, Kzn, Swaziland, 122 Vangueria Infausta greyish bark, peeling in irregular small 1 Mpumalanga, Gauteng strips, short wooly hairs.
Wilde Mispel
Coastal White Iron wood
Slender main stem, smooth, pale bark, 123 Vepris Carringtoniana Kzn, Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga 1 leaves densely covered with gland dots
Vlersteelwrysterhout
Small to medium deciduous tree, pale grey SA, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Kzn, 124 Whrightia Natalensis Saddlepod bark, fairly smooth, milky sap, leaves 1 Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe opposite often drooping
Yellow plum
Small sprawling tree, oval leaves, bright 125 Ximenia Americana Sea lemon Africa 0.5 green, lemon yellow or orange fruit
Tallow wood
Large Sour plum
Deciduous tree, untidy open crown, rough 126 Ximenia Caffra dark grey bark, leathery dark green Limpopo, Kzn, Mpumalanga 1 leaves, small flowers and oval tart fruit
Grootsuurpluim
African dog rose
Spineless multi stemmed shrub, dull grey 127 Xylotheca Kraussia green alternating leaves, light grey smooth S Africa, Transkei, Mozambique 1 bark, large flowers
Afrikaanse hondsroos
Small knobwood Small multibranched tree, dark grey with 128 Zanthoxylum Capense scattered cone shaped knobs, glossy green Zimbabwe, N to W Cape 0.5 leaves
Kleinperdeprom
Buffalo Thorn Southern Africa
Young twigs are zig zag, two thorns at the node, one backwards one forward, medium 129 Ziziphus Mucronata Blinkblaar Wag n bietjie Bushveld 1 sized tree, spreading canopy, spherical fruit
Additions To above listing done by Ritlee:
PRODUCTS OF THE VAALBOS Food: Leaves used to prepare a beverage, smoked as tobacco or inhaled as LOCAL NAMES Afrikaans (vaalbos,kanferbos); English (wild Tarchonanthus camphoratus snuff. Fodder: Shoot and leaves browsed by cattle. Milled sage wood,wild cotton,wild camphor tree,camphor bush); Swahili Compositae mature branches, 1.25 cm in diameter, of T. camphoratus (mkalambati); Zulu (amathola) and Grewia flava show great promise as cattle fattening feed
Indigenousbush and trees Confidential Page 12 Poplar, Aspin, Cotton Ritlee has a few farmers chipping and grinding Poplar for feed. We are Populus Wood awaiting results from testing on this tree -- will publish when done!
Australian acacia, This plant is now known as one of Acacia mearnsii Swartwattel, Uwatela, the worst invasive species in the Please see the different analysis reports on Ritlee's web for Cattle Feed Black Wattle, Wattle. world
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