Zone 5 Bushveld summer rainfall, Light frost
Commiphora woodii Engl.
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Common names: forest corkwood (Eng.); boskanniedood (Afr.); iminele, wehlathi, umhlunguthi (isiXhosa); iminyela, umdewehlathi, umubu, umunde wehlathi (isiZulu)
SA Tree No: 291
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Eugenia natalitia Sond. (= Eugenia capensis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. subsp. natalitia (Sond.) F.White)
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Common names: forest myrtle (Eng.); bosmirt (Afr.); mukavha-mahunguvhu, murambo-thavha, musiri, tshitawatawane (Venda); umthintane, umbhovane, imanzana (Zulu); inchitsamuthi, ijobe (Swazi).
SA Tree No: 553.2
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Ruellia cordata Thunb.
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Common names: veld violet (Eng.); grasveldviooltjie (Afr.)
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Grewia afra Meisn.
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Common names: climbing raisin, yellow starflower (Eng.); rankrosyntjie (Afr); ilalanyathi, umunyumunu, iphata, iklolo, isaka, isilandula (isiZulu); likholo, (siSwati), nsihana (Xitsonga)
SA Tree No: 459
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Aloe corallina I.Verd.
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Common names: Kunene coral aloe (Eng.), Kunene-koraalaalwyn, Kunene-kransaalwyn (Afr.)
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Euphorbia clavarioides Boiss.
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Common names: lion’s spoor (Eng.), grootvingerpol, slangpol, melkpol (Afr.), isihlekehleke, isantilele (isiZulu), sehlehle, sehloko, thethebale (Sesotho)
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Synaptolepis oliveriana Gilg
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Common names: chalk-stick root (Eng); uvuma omhlophe (isiZulu)
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Ledebouria pusilla (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
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Common names: Swazi African hyacinth (Eng.)
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Ledebouria caesiomontana Hankey & N.Hahn
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Common names: Blouberg African hyacinth
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Corchorus olitorius L.
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Common names: Egyptian spinach, Indian jute, wild jute, bush okra, Jew’s mallow, West African sorrel, jute mallow, tossa jute (Eng.); wilde jute, Indiese jute (Afr.); delele (Tshivenda); thelele (Sepedi); gushe (Xitsonga).
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