Some South African plants at MEMBG
Distinctive woody plants from the wetter zones of southern Africa are represented by the following specimens at MEMBG:
- Acokanthera oblongifolia, bushman's poison
- Alberta magna, Natal flame bush
- Athanasia acerosa
- Barleria obtusa
- Bauhinia galpinii, red bauhinia
- Bowkeria verticillata, Natal shell-flower bush
- Burchellia bubalina, buffalo-horn
- Carissa spp., natal plum
- Catha edulis, khat
- Combretum bracteosum, hiccup nut
- Cotyledon orbiculata
- Crassula ovata, jade plant
- Cussonia spp., cabbage tree
- Dais cotinifolia, pompom tree
- Dovyalis caffra, kei apple
- Drypetes, forest ironplum
- Encephalartos spp. (cycads)
- Erythrina humeana, Natal coral tree
- E. latissima, broad-leaved coral tree
- Euphorbia tirucalli, pencil tree
- Euryops chrysanthemoides, golden shrub daisy
- Ficus capensis, Cape fig
- Greyia sutherlandii, Natal bottlebrush
- Hallesia lucida, tree-fuchsia
- Heteropyris natalensis, lavender tree
- Mackaya bella, river bells
- Myrsine africana, Cape-myrtle, African boxwood
- Nuxia floribunda, kite tree
- Ochna serrulata, Mickey-Mouse plant
- Oncoba spinosa, African dog-rose
- Plectranthus saccatus
- Plumbago auriculata, Cape leadwort
- Podranea ricasoliana, pink trumpet vine
- Portulacaria afra, porkbush
- Psoralea pinnata, fountain bush
- Rhigozum obovatum, Karoo gold bush
- Rhoicissus capensis, evergreen grape
- Rhus batophylla
- Schotia brachypetala, tree-fuchsia
- S. latifolia
- Shrebera alata, wild-jasmine
- Sparrmannia africana, African hemp
- Widdringtonia sp.
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