Melianthaceae

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Melianthus elongatus Wijnads (Synonym: Melianthus minor L.)

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Common names: strandveld honeyflower, dwarf honeyflower, small melianthus, turkey bush (Eng.); kruidjie-roer-my-nie, truitjie (Afr.)

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Bersama tysoniana Oliv.

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Common names: white ash, common white ash, common bersama, forest white ash, bitterbark, wild quinine tree (Eng.); witessenhout, gewone witessenhout, basternieshout, bitterbas (Afr.); indiyaza, isibhara, isindiyandiya, undlandla (isiXhosa); isindlandla, undiyaza (isiZulu); mokgoba, mokgwagane (Sesotho.); sando (Tshivenda)

SA Tree No: 443

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Melianthus villosus Bolus

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Common names: maroon honey flower, Drakensberg honey flower (Eng.); Drakensbergse kruidjie-roer-my-nie (Afr.); ibhonya (Zulu)

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Melianthus comosus Vahl

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Common names: crown honeyflower (Eng); kruidjie-roer-my -nie (Afr.)

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Melianthus major  L.

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Common names: honey flower, melianthus, giant honey flower, touch-me-not (Eng.); kruidjie-roer-my-nie, heuningblom, klappers, krikkiebos (Afr.); ubuhlungubemamba, ubutyayi (Xhosa), ibonya (Zulu)

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Greyia radlkoferi Szyszyl.

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Common names: woolly bottlebrush, Transvaal bottlebrush, wild bottlebrush (Eng.); wollerige baakhout (Afr.); isidwadwa (Zulu); inhlazane, indlebelembila (Swazi)

SA Tree No: 445

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Greyia sutherlandii Hook. & Harv.

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Common names: glossy bottlebrush, mountain bottlebrush, Natal bottlebrush, wild bottlebrush, beacon tree (Eng.); blinkblaarbaakhout, Natalse baakhout (Afr.); isidwadwa, indalu, indulo, umbande (Zulu); umbere-bere, usinga-lwamaxhegokazi, indalu (Xhosa), inhlazane, umwatsawatsa (Swazi)

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Greyia flanaganii Bolus

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Common names: Kei bottlebrush (E), Kei baakhout (A), uSinga lwamaxhegokazi (X).

SA Tree No: 444

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Greyia Hook. & Harv.

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Common names: wild bottlebrushes

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Greyia sutherlandii flower head. Photo G. Nichols

G. sutherlandii grows on the slopes and rocky ridges of the Drakensberg up to an altitude of about 1800 m, also in the Eastern Cape, the eastern Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and eastern Gauteng.

Greyia radlkoferi flower head Photo G. Nichols

G. radlkoferi occurs mainly in the mist-belt mountains of Mpumalanga, in KwaZulu-Natal near Ngome and in Swaziland. It grows in deep channels along streambanks, bordering evergreen forest and among rocks.

Greyia flanaganii flower buds Photo G. Nichols

G. flanaganii is a rare endemic of Eastern Cape, where it is found on the grassy hillsides and among rocks on the steep slopes of the Kei River and its tributaries, the Toise and Kabusi Rivers. The seedlings are tiny and fragile. This may be the reason why these shrubs are often found emerging from fissures in rocks.

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Bersama lucens (Hochst.) Szyszyl.

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Common names: glossy white ash (Eng.); blinkblaarwitessenhout (Afr.); isindiyandiya (Xhosa); undiyaza (Zulu)

SA Tree No: 439

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