OF NATURE'S VALLEY

a checklist 2018 INTRODUCTION

This checklist includes all indigenous trees of Nature’s Valley. It was first compiled by Elna Venter in 2008. This booklet has been revised by Kellyn Whitehead (NVT) and includes name changes, IUCN status and endemism.

Key: Names in GREEN = endemic to South ( E ) = endangered ( P ) = Protected

1. TREES SPECIES

1. Common poison-bush/ Gewone gifboom Acokanthera oppositifolia

2. False current/ Valstaaibos Allophylus decipiens

3. White pear/ Witpeer Apodytes dimidiata subsp. dimidiata

4. Water white alder/ Waterwitels Brachylaena neriifolia

5. False olive/ Witolienhout Buddleja saligna

6. Wild pomegranate/ Wilde granaat Burchellia bubalina

7. Cape chestnut/ Wilde kastaiing Calodendrum capense

8. Turkey-berry/ Bosklipels Canthium inerme

2. TREES SPECIES

9. Rock-alder/ Klipels Canthium mundianum

10. Wild caper bush/ Wilde kapperbos Capparis sepiara var. citrifolia

11. Num-num/ Noem-noem Carissa bispinosa

12. Forest spoon-wood/Bastersaffraan Cassine peragua subsp peragua

13. Spoon-wood/ Lepelhout Cassine schinoides

14. White stinkwood/ Witstinkhout Celtis africana

15. Cape pock-ironwood/ Kaapse pokysterhout Chionanthus foveolatus subsp. tomentellus

16. Common lightning bush/ Bliksembos Clutia pulchella

3. TREES SPECIES

17. Cape rattle-pod/ Kaapse klapperpeul Crotalaria capensis

18. Red alder/ Rooiels Cunonia capensis

19. Assegai/ Assegaai P Curtisia dentata

20. Cape coastal cabbage tree/ Kaapse kuskiepersol Cussonia thyrsiflora

21. Forest tree fern/ Bosboomvaring Cyathea capensis

22. Star-apple/ Sterappel Diospyros dichrophylla

23. Bladdernut/ Swartbas Diospyros whyteana

24. Sourberry/ Suurbessie Dovyalis rhamnoides

4. TREES SPECIES

25. Cape ash/ Essenhout Ekebergia capensis

26. Saffron wood/ Saffraan Elaeodendron croceum

27. Dune guarri/ Duinghwarrie Euclea racemosa subsp. racemosa

28. Common guarri/ Gewone ghwarrie Euclea undulata subsp. undulata

29. fig/ Veldvy Ficus burtt-davyi

30. Broom cluster fig/ Besemtrosvy Ficus sur

31. Kamassi/ Kamassie Gonioma kamassi

32. Cross-berry/ Kruisbessie Grewia occidentalis var. occidentalis

5. TREES SPECIES

33. Spike-thorn/ Pendoring Gymnosporia buxifolia

34. White forest spike-thorn/ Witbospendoring Gymnosporia nemorosa

35. Tree fuchsia/ Notsung Halleria lucida

36. False horsewood/ Valsperdebos Hippobromus pauciflorus

37. Cape holly/ Without Ilex mitis

38. Wild peach/ Wilde perske Kiggelaria africana

39. Coalwood/ Koolhout Lachnostylis hirta

40. Climbing saffron/ Ransaffraan Lauridia tetragona

6. TREES SPECIES

41. Iron martin/ Ystermartiens Laurophyllus capensis

42. Gum-leaved cone bush/ Grootgeelbos Leucadendron eucalyptifolium

43. Common pincushion/ Gewone luisiesbos Leucospermum cuneiforme

44. Forest bush-cherry/ Witboshout Maerua racemulosa

45. Silky-bark/ Rooisybas Maytenus acuminata var. acuminata

46. Cape blackwood/ Kaapse swarthout Maytenus peduncularis

47. Dune koko tree/ Duinekokoboom Maytenus procumbens

48. Kubu-berry/ Koeboebessie Mystroxylon aethiopicum subsp. aethiopicum

7. TREES SPECIES

49. Forest elder/ Bosvlier Nuxia floribunda

50. Cape redwood/ Kaapse rooihout Ochna arborea var. arborea

51. Black stinkwood/ Swart stinkhout E P Ocotea bullata

52. False ironwood/ Basterysterhout Olea capensis subsp. capensis

53. Ironwood/ Ysterhout Olea capensis subsp. macrocarpa

54. Dune olive/ Duinolien Olea exasperata

55. Hard pear/ Hardepeer Olinia ventosa

56. Bush-tick berry/ Bietou Osteospermum monilifera

8. TREES SPECIES

57. Cape sumach/ Pruimbas Osyris compressa

58. Cheesewood/ Kasuur P Pittosporum viridiflorum

59. White alder/ Witels Platylophus trifoliatus

60. Outeniqua yellowwood/ Kalander Podocarpus falcatus P

61. Real yellowwood/ Opregte geelhout P Podocarpus latifolius

62. September bush/ Septemberbossie Polygala myrtifolia var. myrtifolia

63. White sugarbush/ Witsuikerbos Protea mundii

64. Bearded protea/ Blousuikerbos Protea neriifolia

9.. TREES SPECIES

65. Quar/ Kwar Psydrax obovata subsp. obovata

66. Candlewood/ Kershout Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus

67. Mock spike-thorn/ Valspendoring Putterlickia pyracantha

68. Cape beech/ Kaapse boekenhout Rapanaea melanophloeos

69. Dogwood/ Blinkblaar Rhamnus prinoides

70. Common forest grape/ Bosdruif Rhoicissus tomentosa

71. White silky-bark/ Witsybas Robsonodendron eucleiforme

72. Red currant/ Bostaaibos chirindensis

10. TREES SPECIES

73. Dune crow-berry/ Duinekraaibessie Searsia crenata

74. Blue kuni bush/ Bloukoeniebos Searsia glauca

75. Glossy currant/ Blintaaibos Searsia lucida

76. Eastern kuni bush/ Oostelike koeniebos Searsia pyroides var. pyroides

77. Real wild currant/ Korentebos Searsia tomentosa

78. Red pear/ Rooipeer Scolopia mundii

79. Thorn pear/ Doringpeer Scolopia zeyheri

80. Cat-thorn/ Katdoring Scutia myrtina

11. TREES SPECIES

81. White milkwood/ Witmelkhout Sideroxylon inerme subsp. inerme P

82. Cape stock-rose/ Kaapse stockroos Sparrmannia africana

83. Cape wild banana/ Kaapse wildepiesang Strelitzia alba

84. Cape teak/ Kaapse kiaat Strychnos decussata

85. Coastal camphor bush/ Kuskanferbos Tarchonanthus littoralis

86. Black hazel/ Swarthaselaar Trichocladus crinitus

87. Wild mulberry/ Wilde moerbei Trimeria grandifolia subsp. grandifolia

88. White ironwood/ Witysterhout Vepris lanceolata

12. TREES SPECIES

89. Pink keurboom/ Pienk keurboom Virgilia divaricata

90. Mountain cypress/ Bergsipres Widdringtonia nodiflora

91. Forest knobwood/ Bosknophout Zanthoxylum davyi

13. BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Trees of the Garden Route: Mossel Bay to Storms River, Venter E.. Briza Publications, Pretoria, (2012)

2. SANBI red list - http://redlist.sanbi.org/ *ICUN status and endemism.

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