Plants of the Week

Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus

Common names: bead vine, coral bead plant, coral bean, crabs eye, licorice vine, love bean, lucky bean creeper, prayer beads, prayer bean, precatory pea, red bead v

Family: Fabaceae

The shiny red and black seeds of Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus make it a sought-after climber in tropical and subtropical areas....

05 / 01 / 2009 | T.T. Masupa | Pretoria NBG

Acacia ataxacantha

See Senegalia ataxacantha...

| | Pretoria NBG

Acacia caffra

This tree is now called Senegalia caffra...

| | Pretoria NBG

Acacia erioloba

See Vachellia erioloba...

| | Pretoria NBG

Acacia galpinii

This tree is now known as Senegalia galpinii...

01 / 01 / 2003 | | Pretoria NBG

Acacia hebeclada

This plant is now called Vachellia hebeclada...

10 / 09 / 2015 | | Pretoria NBG

Acacia nigrescens

This plant is now called Senegalia nigrescens....

12 / 10 / 2000 | | Pretoria NBG

Acacia nilotica subsp.kraussiana

Family: Fabaceae

This plant is now called Vachellia nilotica subsp. kraussiana...

21 / 02 / 2005 | K Behr | Pretoria NBG

Acacia polyacantha

See Senegalia polyacantha...

| | Pretoria NBG

Acacia tortilis

See Vachellia tortilis...

| | Pretoria NBG

Acacia xanthophloea

See Vachellia xanthophloea...

| | Pretoria NBG

Achyranthemum sordescens

Common names: dune chaff-flower

Family: Asteraceae

A very attractive, clump-forming everlasting, with silky, recurved leaves and stunning yellow flowerheads. ...

30 / 11 / 2020 | Vathiswa Zikishe | CREW

Acmadenia heterophylla

Common names: variable-leaf acmadenia

Family: Rutaceae

This is a delicate looking shrub with starry pink flowers and a sweet lemony scent when touched. It belongs to the citrus family (Rutaceae) with most of...

14 / 08 / 2000 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Acmadenia kiwanensis

Common names: Kiwane porcelain flower

Family: Rutaceae

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26 / 08 / 2019 | Sibahle Gumede | Kwelera NBG

Acmadenia macropetala

Common names: large-petal acmadenia

Family: Rutaceae

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27 / 08 / 2007 | Norma Jodamus | Kirstenbosch NBG

Acmadenia mundiana

Common names: De Hoop Buchu (E), De Hoop-boegoe (A)

Family: Rutaceae

This attractive shrub with grey-green foliage carries bright pink star-shaped flowers almost all year round but mainly in winter and spring....

30 / 09 / 2002 | Norma Jodamus | Kirstenbosch NBG

Acmadenia obtusata

Common names: dune buchu ( Eng. ); duineboegoe (Afr.)

Family: Rutaceae

Acamadenia obtusata forms a variable shrub, displaying floriferous pink flowers with aromatic foliage. Characteristic of the citrus family are oil...

06 / 06 / 2005 | Norma Jodamus | Kirstenbosch NBG

Acmadenia trigona

Common names: Langeberg buchu (Eng.); Langeberg-boegoe (Afr.)

Family: Rutaceae

Acmadenia trigona, from the winter rainfall region, forms an upright shrub with spreading branches. It grows 0.3-0.7 m high. It is a single stem at the...

18 / 08 / 2008 | Norma Lucas | Kirstenbosch NBG

Acokanthera oblongifolia

Common names: dune poison-bush (Eng.), duinegifboom, gewone gifboom (Afr.) inhlungunyembe, ubuhlungu-benyoka, umhlangashiso (isiZulu), intlungunyembe, inxinebe (isi

Family: Apocynaceae

Beautiful white and sweetly scented flowers followed by large, red to purple fruits which turn purple-red to black when mature, but an extremely poisonous...

31 / 07 / 2017 | Mpendulo Gabayi | Kirstenbosch NBG

Acokanthera oppositifolia

Common names: Bushman's Poison; Boesmansgif (Afrikaans); inHlungunyembe (Zulu); iNtlungunyembe (Xhosa)

Family: Apocynaceae

The Bushman's poison is a medium to large woody shrub with attractive hard dark green leaves. ...

27 / 08 / 2001 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG

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