Zone 5 Bushveld summer rainfall, Light frost
Equilabium laxiflorum (Benth.) Mwany. & A.J.Paton (= Plectranthus laxiflorus Benth.)
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Common names: citronella dutch-pipe-sage (Eng.); sitrinella-kromsteelpypsalie (Afr.); ubebebe (isiXhosa)
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Ziziphus rivularis Codd
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Common names: false buffalo-thorn, river buffalo thorn, river jujube (Eng.); rivierblinkblaar, vals-wag-’n-bietjie (Afr.); mukhalu-vhufa, mulalantsa (Tshivenda)
SA Tree No: 448
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Xanthocercis zambesiaca (Baker) Dumaz-le-Grand
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Common names: nyala tree (Eng.); njalaboom, hoenderspoor (Afr.); moladi (Setswana); umhlwati (siSwati); mutshato (Tshivenda)
SA Tree No: 241
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Ficus sycomorus L. subsp. sycomorus
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Common names: sycamore fig, common cluster fig, mulberry fig (Eng.); trosvy, geelrriviervy, geelstamvy, gewone trosvy, wildevyeboom, sycomorusvy (Afr.); umkhiwa (Ndebele); mogo, mogoboya, mohlole (Northern Sotho); mochaba, motshaba, nkuwa (Tswana); muhuvhoya, muhuyu, muhuyu-lukuse, mutole, muvhuyu-vhutwa (Tshivenda); mogoboya, umkhiwane isikhukhuboya, umncongo, umkhiwane (Zulu)
SA Tree No: 66
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Eucomis montana Compton
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Common names: montane pineapple flower
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Euphorbia bupleurifolia Jacq.
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Common names: cycad spurge, pine cone plant (Eng.); melkbol (Afr.); intsele, insema (Xho.); inkamamasane, insema (Zul.)
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Orbea melanantha (Schltr.) Bruyns
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Common names: short-lobed brown carrion flower, black or dark flowered caralluma (Eng.); kort-lob bruin aasblom (Afr.)
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Combretum hereroense Schinz
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Common names: russet bushwillow, mouse-eared combretum (Eng.); kierieklapper (Afr.); mokabi (Northern Sotho); mugavhi (Venda); umhlalavane (Zulu)
SA Tree No: 538
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Haworthiopsis coarctata (Haw.) G.D.Rowley (= Haworthia coarctata Haw.)
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Common names: crowded haworthiopsis
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Thilachium africanum Lour.
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Common names: cucumber bush (Eng.); komkommerbos (Afr.); nkobva (Tso.); isikonke (Zul.)
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