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Aromatic and Fragrant plants list

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Author: Alice Notten   |   Date: 2017
Source: Kirstenbosch NBG1   |   Copyright: SANBI

... indigenous southern African plants with aromatic foliage or fragrant flowers. Alice Notten list aromatic plants fragrant plants south african plants SANBI Aromatic and Fragrant plants list ...

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Elephantorrhiza burkei

Plant
Common names: elephant-root, sumach bean (Eng.); basboontjie, basbos (Afr.) lesitsane (Northern Sotho); mositsane, mosidi, mosidi-godimo, mosidi-mogolo (Tswana), tshisesevhafa (Venda)
Family: Fabaceae

... in pairs of 4–8, each with 12–23 pairs of leaflets. The fragrant, creamy white to yellow flower spikes are borne in the axils of the ...

18/09/2017 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Justicia odora

Plant
Common names: bushveld justicia(Eng.) bosveldjusticia (Afr.)
Family: Acanthaceae

... a Scottish horticulturist. The species name odora means fragrant. It belongs to the family Acanthaceae. In the genus you get ... odora (Forssk.) Vahl Justicia odora The roots are fragrant and in some parts of the world they use the roots for perfumery, ...

22/12/2008 | | Lowveld NBG

Crassula fascicularis

Plant
Common names: fragrant crassula, sweet-scented crassula (Eng.); ruiksissie, klipblom, karnaatjieblom, keiserskroon (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

Alice Notten fragrant crassula, sweet-scented crassula (Eng.); ruiksissie, klipblom, ... and is pollinated by Geometrid moths. The flowers are fragrant from about midday and the fragrance grows stronger during the ... it gets bright light. The spring flowers are most strongly fragrant in the evening, so plant one where you are likely to smell it in the ...

19/10/2015 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Protea odorata

Plant
Common names: Swartland sugarbush
Family: Proteaceae

... or inanimate forms. Odorata is a Latin word meaning ‘fragrant’ or ‘perfumed’, referring to the fragrant flower heads. Protea odorata is also known as one of the ...

13/02/2017 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Asparagus asparagoides

Plant
Common names: Cape smilax, African asparagus smilax, baby smilax, bridal creeper, bridal veil creeper (Eng.); breȅblaarklimop, krulkransie, gnarboola, narbass (Afr.); isicakathi (isiXhosa); ibutha, inkunzimbili (isiZulu); khopananyane, likhopa, sethota-sa-matuela (Sesotho)
Family: Asparagaceae

... September). Small, 6–10 mm long, greenish white, hanging, fragrant flowers are borne singly in the axils. The fruit is a globose, ...

04/09/2016 | | Free State NBG

Lycium ferocissimum

Plant
Common names: Cape box thorn, honey thorn, snake-berry, African box thorn (Eng.); slangbessie, karriedoring, bokdoring (Afr.); ubovu (Xho.)
Family: Solanaceae

... in groups of 5–12 at the nodes of the stem. The fragrant flowers are either solitary or in pairs, emerging from the leaf axils ...

27/11/2017 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Jasminum angulare

Plant
Common names: wild jasmine (Eng.); wildejasmyn (Afr.); umalalala (Zulu)
Family: Oleaceae

... lower veins. The flowers are pure white, strongly fragrant and produced in flat-topped, few-flowered inflorescences at the tips ... sweet scent of the flowers can be enjoyed, and they are also fragrant in the evenings. It does well in containers. The genus name ...

23/01/2017 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Asparagus densiflorus ‘Meyersii’

Plant
Common names: cat's tail asparagus (Eng.); katstert (Afr.); also known under a few variations or misspelling of its cultivar name, such as: ‘Myers’, Asparagus meyers, Asparagus meyeri. It is also known as the asparagus fern, although it is not actually a fern at all.
Family: Asparagaceae

... branch axils close along the stems, very small and sweetly fragrant flowers occur in summer, from November to April. They are star-shaped ...

16/04/2018 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Fragrant plants in the garden

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Author: Alice Notten   |   Date: 2017
Source: Kirstenbosch NBG1   |   Copyright: South African National Biodiversity Insititute

... enchanting place. Alice Notten gardening aromatic plants fragrant plants southern african plants South African National Biodiversity Insititute Fragrant plants in the garden ...

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