Appendix 1 . Compendium of locally harvested/traded flora (including fungi) within the City of Cape Town. Family Scientific Name Common Names N Harvest Common Capture Red List Indigenous-ness Source Reference (English / target usage status locality Afrikaans ) FABACEAE Acacia cyclops A. Rooikrans 1 Timber Fuel Axe / Not listed Alien to South Cape Town - H. Mananga, Cunn. ex G. Don. saw Africa general personal communication FABACEAE Acacia longifolia Long leafed 1 Timber / Fuel / Axe / Not listed Alien to South Cape Town - SANBI (2005) (Andr.) Willd. wattle leaves / Fiber saw Africa general foliage FABACEAE Acacia mearnsii de Black wattle 1 Timber / Fuel / Axe / Not listed Alien to South Cape Town - SANBI (2005) Wild. Syn. leaves / Fiber saw Africa general foliage FABACEAE Acacia melanoxylon R. Australian 1 Timber / Fuel / Axe / Not listed Alien to South Cape Town - SANBI (2005) Br. blackwood leaves / Fiber saw Africa general foliage FABACEAE Acacia saligna (Labill.) Port Jackson 1 Timber / Fuel / Axe / Not listed Alien to South Cape Town - SANBI (2005), H.L.Wendl. leaves / Fiber saw Africa general D. Drooste foliage personal communication AMARANTHACEAE Achyranthes aspera L. Klits 1 Whole plant Flowers / Hand Not listed South Africa Cape Town - Lewu and var. aspera foliage / indigenous general Afolayan (2009) Nursery APOCYNACEAE Acokanthera Bushmans 1 Leaves Medicine Hand Least Locally Cape Town - Dold and Cocks oppositifolia (Lam.) poison Concern indigenous general (2001) Codd. RUTACEAE Adenandra uniflora (L.) Anys-buchu / 1 Leaves / Medicine Hand Not listed Locally Cape Town - Nzue (2009) Willd. Anysboegoe stems indigenous general RUTACEAE Adenandra villosa China flower / 1 Leaves / Medicine Hand Not listed Locally Atlantis T. Abrahams P.J.Bergius Licht. ex buchu stems indigenous Conservation and C. McKie, Roem. and Schult Area personal communication AGAPANTHACEAE Agapanthus africanus 1 Bulb Medicine Hand Least Locally Cape Town - Keirungi and (L.) Hoffmanns Concern indigenous general Fabricius (2005) RUTACEAE Agathosma crenulata Boegoe 1 Leaves / Medicine Hand Declining Locally Cape Town - H. Mananga, (L.) Pillans stems indigenous general personal communication HYACINTHACEAE Albuca sp. 3 Bulb Medicine Hand Least Locally Macassar / H. Mananga, Concern indigenous Wolfgat personal Nature communication Reserves ALLIACEAE Allium dregeanum Wild onion / 1 Bulb Medicine Hand Not listed Locally Cape Town - Nzue (2009) Kunth. Wildeui indigenous general ASPHODELACEAE Aloe commixta A. 1 Whole plant Nursery Hand Vulnerable Locally Cape Town - Raimondo et al., Berger indigenous general (2009) AMARYLLIDACEAE Amaryllis belladonna L. 1 Flowers Flowers / Hand Not listed Locally Cape Town - D. Gibbs, foliage indigenous general personal communication APONOGETONACEAE Aponogeton distachyos Cape hawthorn 1 Flower buds Food Hand Not listed Locally Cape Town - Nzue (2009) L. f. or Cape and stem tips source indigenous general asparagus / Waterblommetjie APIACEAE Arctopus echinatus L. Bear foot / 1 Bulb Medicine Hand Not listed Locally Table Harvester Kaapse indigenous Mountain informants, platdoring National personal Park communication POACEAE Aristea africana (L.) Moerbos 1 Whole plant Medicine Hand Not listed Locally Cape Town - Nzue (2009) Hoffmans indigenous general ASTERACEAE Artemisia afra var afra African 1 Leaves / Medicine Hand Least Cape Cape Town - Nzue (2009) Jacq.ex Willd wormwood / stems Concern indigenous general Wilde-als POACEAE Arundo donax L. Spanish reed 1 Leaves / Fiber Axe / Not listed Alien to South Cape Town - Harvester stems saw Africa general informants, personal communication ASPARAGACEAE Asparagus africanus 1 Rhizome Medicine Hand Least Locally Macassar / H. Mananga, Lam. Concern indigenous Wolfgat personal Nature communication Reserves ASPARAGACEAE Asparagus suaveolens Wild asparagus / 1 Rhizome Medicine Hand Least Cape Cape Town - Nzue (2009) (Burch.) Oberm. Katbossie Concern indigenous general PROTEACEAE Aulax cancellata (L.) 1 Flowers / Flowers / Hand Least Locally Table Rebelo (1996) Druce foliage foliage Concern indigenous Mountain National Park BRUNIACEAE Berzelia abrotanoides Rooibeentjies 1 Flowers / Flowers / Hand Not listed Locally Atlantis T. Abrahams (L.) Brongn. foliage foliage indigenous Conservation and C. McKie, Area personal communication BOLETACEAE Boletus edulis Bull. Porcini 1 Whole Food Hand Not listed Locally Table Harvester mushroom organism source indigenous Mountain informants, National personal Park communication AMARYLLIDACEAE Boophone disticha (L.f.) Cape poison 1 Bulb Medicine Hand Declining Locally Harmony S. Lindane, Herb. bulb / indigenous Flats Nature personal Kopseerblom Reserve communication LILIACEAE Bowiea volubilis Climbing potato 1 Bulb Medicine Hand Least South Africa Table Harvester Harv.ex Hook.f. / Knolklimop Concern indigenous Mountain informants, National personal Park communication BUDDLEJACEAE Buddleja saligna Willd. Mountain sage / 1 Leaves / Medicine Hand Least Locally Table Harvester Salie stems Concern indigenous Mountain informants, National personal Park communication ASPHODELACEAE Bulbine abyssinica A. 1 Whole plant Medicine Hand Least Locally Table Harvester Rich Concern indigenous Mountain informants, National personal Park communication ASPHODELACEAE Bulbine frutescens (L.) Cat's tail / 1 Leaves Medicine Hand Least Locally Table Harvester Willd Katstert Concern indigenous Mountain informants, National personal Park communication ASPHODELACEAE Bulbinella triquetra 1 Flowers / Medicine Hand Not listed Locally Atlantis T. Abrahams (L.f.) Kunth fruits indigenous Conservation and C. McKie, Area personal communication RESTIONACEAE Calopsis paniculata 1 Leaves Flowers / Hand Least Locally Cape Town - Harvester (Rottb.) Desv. foliage / Concern indigenous general informants, Fiber personal communication CANNABACEAE Cannabis sativa L. Marijuana / 1 Leaves / Medicine Hand Not listed Alien to South Cape Town - Nzue (2009) Dagga stems Africa general RESTIONACEAE Cannomois virgata 1 Leaves Flowers / Hand Least Locally Cape Town - Harvester (Rottb.) Steud foliage / Concern indigenous general informants, Fiber personal communication MESEMBRYANTHEMACEAE Carpobrotus Sour fig / 1 Fruit / leaves Food Hand Least Locally Macassar / SANBI (2005), acinaciformis (L.) L. Elandsvy, source / Concern indigenous Wolfgat H. Mananga, Bolus goenavy, suurvy Medicine Nature personal Reserves communication MESEMBRYANTHEMACEAE Carpobrotus edulis (L.) Cape fig, Sour 1 Fruit / leaves Food Hand Least Locally Atlantis Loundou (2008), L. Bolus subsp. Edulis fig / Elandsvy, source / Concern indigenous Conservation H. Mananga / T. goenavy, suurvy Medicine Area, Abrahams Macassar / personal Wolfgat communication Nature Reserves MACKINLAYACEAE Centella asiatica L. 1 Leaves Medicine Hand Not listed Locally Cape Town - Loundou (2008) (urban) indigenous general IRIDACEAE Chasmanthe aethiopica Suurkanol 1 Flowers/bulb Flowers / Hand Least Locally Cape Town - D. Gibbs, (L.) N.E.Br medicine Concern indigenous general personal communication IRIDACEAE Chasmanthe floribunda Suurkanol 1 Flowers/bulb Flowers / Hand Least Locally Cape Town - D. Gibbs, (Salisb.) N.E.Br. medicine Concern indigenous general personal communication GENTIANACEAE Chironia baccifera L. Christmas berry / 1 Flowers / Medicine Hand Least Locally Macassar / H. Mananga, Bitterbossie fruits Concern indigenous Wolfgat personal Nature communication Reserves RESTIONACEAE Chondropetalum Thatch 1 Stems Fiber Hand Not listed Locally Macassar / H. Mananga, tectorum (L.f.) Raf. indigenous Wolfgat personal Nature communication Reserves LAURACEAE Cinnamomum camphora Camphor laurel / 1 Bark Medicine Axe / Not listed Alien to South Cape Town - Harvester Nees and Eberm Kamferboom saw Africa general informants, personal communication MENISPERMACEAE Cissampelos capensis David root / 1 Rhizome Medicine Hand Least Locally Macassar / H. Mananga, L.f. Dawidjiewortel Concern indigenous Wolfgat personal Nature communication Reserves RUTACEAE Clausena anisata 1 Leaves Medicine Hand Least South Africa Cape Town - Harvester (Willd.) Hook f. ex Concern indigenous general informants, Benth var. anisata personal communication ROSACEAE Cliffortia odorata L.f. Wild grape / 1 Leaves Medicine Hand Least Locally Table Harvester Wilde wingerd Concern indigenous Mountain informants, National personal Park communication COMMELINACEAE Commelina africana L. 1 Rhizome Medicine Hand Least Locally Cape Town - Lewu and var. Africana Concern indigenous general Afolayan (2009) CRASSULACEAE Cotyledon orbiculata Pig's ear / 1 Leaves Medicine Hand Least Locally Cape Town - Harvester var. orbiculata L. Koutrei Concern indigenous general informants, personal communication CRASSULACEAE Crassula dejecta Jacq. 1 Leaves / Medicine Hand Least Locally Tygerberg Harvester stems Concern indigenous Nature informants, Reserve personal communication EUPHORBIACEAE Croton rivularis Mull. Leventelbos 1 Seeds Medicine Hand Least South Africa Cape Town - Harvester Arg Concern indigenous general informants, personal communication CORNACEAE Curtisia dentata Assegaaiwood / 1 Bark Medicine Axe / Near Locally Table Nzue (2009); (Burm.f.) Assegaaihout saw Threatened indigenous Mountain Loundou (2008) National Park CYATHEACEAE Cyathea capensis (L.f) 1 Whole plant Nursery Hand Declining Locally Cape Town - Raimondo et al., Sm. var. capensis indigenous general (2009) FABACEAE Cyclopia buxifolia Honeybush tea 1 Leaves / Medicine Hand Least Locally Cape Town - Harvester (Burm.f.) Kies stems Concern indigenous general