Information Library
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
by Duncan Graham
Severe habitat loss from agricultural expansion and indiscriminate picking of flowers has made Sandersonia aurantiaca a rare sight in the world today.
by Van Jaarsveld Ernst
There are many attractive indigenous climbers, adapted to the vagaries of the South African climate, suitable for low maintenance gardens and attractive to birds and local wildlife.
by Gess Sarah
The Nama people collect the flowers of Codon royenii as a delicacy, attracted by the copious sweet nectar.
by February Ed
Tree ring research was developed in the United States by Edward Douglas on Ponderosa pine (Pinus Ponderosa), and as cedars and yellowwoods are also gymnosperms, South African research focused on these species.
by Ralph Peckover
A report gave two main reasons for the decline and demise of E. perangusta: Drought along with the porcupines who would chew at the base of the plant and a caterpillar that bored into the stems and killed the plant.
by Van Jaarsveld Ernst
The third in a series of articles on indigenous plants for indoors.
by Voigt E. Werner
Anthurus archeri is well-known for secreting an undesirable odour like decaying meat or fish – hence the common name of cuttlefish fungus.
by Van Jaarsveld Ernst
An article on using reptiles to control garden pests.
by Goldblatt Peter, Manning John C.
Hesperantha means ‘evening flower’, the name based on the fact that those species first discovered had white flowers that opened in the later afternoon and lasted into the night, producing a strong sweet fragrance.