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Maytenus acuminata var. acuminata 'Silky Showers'
Maytenus 'Silky Showers' is a superb garden plant originally found in the warm, partially shaded valleys of the Little Karoo. It grows to...
Maurocenia frangula
Maurocenia frangula provides interest throughout the year; with its scarlet, new growth in winter, bright cerise edible berries in autumn, and its decorative,...
Marsilea schelpeana
Marsilea schelpeana is an aquatic plant with a creeping stem, bearing stalked, floating leaves. It is found in areas that become marshy after rain, but...
Markhamia zanzibarica
Markhamia zanzibarica, a small, tropical tree with striking flowers and decorative fruits, is Tree of the Year for 2008, together with Diospyros...
Marchantia berteroana
Marchantia berteroana is of one the most attractive and relatively large liverworts in South Africa. It thrives in constantly damp, shaded areas....
Marasmodes trifida
This little known and not so beautiful plant is highly threatened; it is easily identifiable from other members of the genus by its leaves that split into...
Marasmodes dummeri
The extremely small, adpressed leaves of Marasmodes dummeri and the terminal, clustered flower heads make it distinct from other species of the same genus....
Marasmodes
The relatively unknown genus Marasmodes is confined to the lowlands of the south-western Western Cape and occurs in the critically endangered Renosterveld...
Manulea tomentosa
This is a perennial herb that can blossom in the seedling stage. It has grey, woolly, fleshy leaves, conspicuous finger-like heads of brownish yellow or...
Manochlamys albicans
Manochlamys albicans is a fast-growing shrub that has a striking appearance and great potential to rehabilitate saline soils....
Malephora
Species of the mesemb genus Malephora enliven some of the most arid gardens of southern Africa with their brightly coloured flowers and vigorous, creeping...
Maesa lanceolata
An apple-green tree-shrub gives shade to a cool, inviting stream: this idyllic prospect is repeated a million times in KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa 's...
Maerua cafra
This is an unusual, very attractive little tree, especially when covered in fragrant white flowers in early spring. You may need to be patient...
Maerua angolensis subsp. angolensis
This frost and drought resistant tree, with its scented flowers from mid-winter until early summer, will attract butterflies and insect-eating birds, in...
Macrostylis villosa
Macrostylis villosa is a neat compact aromatic shrub producing clusters of white flowers over a long flowering period. Planted together with other...
Macrostylis squarrosa
Macrostylis squarrosa is a very attractive, densely bushy shrub of about 700 mm high. When it flowers in spring and summer, it is dotted with small...
Macowania revoluta
Macowania revoluta is the particular species to which the defining features of the genus Macowania is formally attached. This easily distinguished shrub...
Maclura africana
A dioecious, evergreen, spiny, climbing shrub whose stems provide a yellow dye....
Macledium zeyheri
The doll's protea is a strikingly attractive plant found in the grasslands of the eastern parts of South Africa, and used in traditional medicine. ...
Macledium spinosum
Cushion-forming, grey-felted shrublet with involucral bracts forming stout, spreading spines....