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Our collection of documents and journal articles about South African plants and related topics.
Veld & Flora
Veld & Flora is the journal of SANBI's partner, the Botanical Society of South Africa. The society has kindly given its permssion for the reproduction of selected articles from Veld&Flora to be displayed on this site. Copyright resides with the Botanical Society and anyone wishing to reproduce material from these journals is requested to contact them.
Veld & Flora 1991
by Balfour Dave, Bond William
This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of being a climber.
by Dean Richard, Milton Sue
Without birds, it is unlikely that plants such as the creeper Galium tomentosum would persist in the Karoo.
by Midgley Guy, Hoffman Timm
Explanations for heuweltjie formation are interesting and controversial, but whatever causes these enigmatic natural phenomena, Heuweltjies certainly contribute to the diversity of the succulent Karoo.
by Van Jaarsveld Ernst
Honeybells are easily grown, long-lived and relatively disease-free and most species are also drought resistant.
by Berry Cornelia
The nara, a valued food source for thousands of years in the Namib holds promise for wider use in other arid areas.
by Powrie Fiona
An article on growing South African pelargoniums and the diversity of these beautiful plants.
by Van Jaarsveld Ernst, Edwards Trevor
A discussion on Plectranthus fruticosus and its cultivars with special reference to cultivar “Ellaphie”.
by Hammer Steven
Difficult to record, except by analogy with familiar odours, and impossible to trap on herbarium sheets, scent is nonetheless something that many collectors employ constantly.
by Anderson Rob
Gelidium pristoides has been harvested for the seaweed extract agar, a carbohydrate that forms a gel when mixed into solution, in the eastern Cape between the Kei River and about Mossel Bay for decades
by McDowell Clive
Prospective stapeliad enthusiasts should see the successful cultivation of these charismatic, but fickle plants as a challenge.