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Loxostylis alata

Common names: Wild Pepper Tree, Tarwood, Tigerwood (Eng.), Wildepeperboom, Breekhout, Tederhout, Teerhout, Tierhout (Afr.), Isibara (Zulu), Isibara (Xhosa)

Family: Anacardiaceae

27 / 07 / 2001 | Robert Archer |

Searsia lancea

Common names: karee (Eng.); karee, rooikaree (Afr.); mokalabata, monhlohlo, motshakhutshakhu (N.Sotho); inhlangutshane (Siswati); mosinabele, mosilabele (S.Sotho);

Family: Anacardiaceae

... of Searsia . Searsia lancea belongs to the family Anacardiaceae (the Mango family) which is the fourth largest ...

03 / 06 / 2002 | Marc Stern | Walter Sisulu NBG

Searsia erosa

Common names: Broom karee, Besembos

Family: Anacardiaceae

... plant species, one of the most interesting in the family Anacardiaceae being Searsia erosa and it grows well in the ...

28 / 10 / 2002 | Peter Gavhi | Free State NBG

Searsia chirindensis

Common names: red currant (Eng.); bos-taaibos (Afr.); motha-thaa (North Sotho); umhlakothi (Xhosa); inhlokoshiyane enkulu (Xhosa); muvhadela-phanga (Venda)

Family: Anacardiaceae

27 / 01 / 2003 | Sharon Turner | Walter Sisulu NBG

Searsia ciliata

Common names: sour karee (Eng.); suurkaree (Afr.)

Family: Anacardiaceae

... minute hairs along the leaflet margins (Moffet 1994). The Anacardiaceae family is widespread in the warmer parts of ...

22 / 09 / 2003 | Shireen Harris | Free State NBG

Sclerocarya birrea

Common names: marula (Eng.); morula (Northern Sotho); mufula (Tshivenda); ukanyi (Tsonga)

Family: Anacardiaceae

27 / 10 / 2003 | Thompson T Mutshinyalo | Pretoria NBG

Harpephyllum caffrum

Fruits of H caffrum: Photo Geoff Nichols

Common names: wild plum (Eng.); wildepruim, suurbessie, gwenjabessie (Afr.); umgwenya (Zulu, Xhosa); mothekele (Northern Sotho)

Family: Anacardiaceae

... means 'indigenous'. Harpephyllum caffrum belongs to the Anacardiaceae (mango family), which is the fourth largest ...

18 / 10 / 2004 | Mhlonishwa D Dlamini | Walter Sisulu NBG

Searsia pendulina

Common names: White Karee, Willow Karee, River Karee (English), Witkaree, Rivierkaree, Kareehout, Kareeboom Rosynebos, Rosyntjiebos, Wilderosyntjieboom (Afrikaans),

Family: Anacardiaceae

... that Poison Ivy, or Toxicodendron spp. also belong in the Anacardiaceae. We are fortunate that our Karee trees do not ...

17 / 01 / 2005 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Searsia discolor

Common names: grassveld currant ( Eng. ); grasveld taaibos (Afr.); Koppshane, mohlohlooane (Southern Sotho)?; inhlangushane (Sw)?; Inkobesehlungulu, intlokotshane,

Family: Anacardiaceae

14 / 03 / 2005 | Peter Gavhi | Free State NBG

Searsia leptodictya

Common names: mountain karee, rock karee ( Eng. ); bergkaree, klipkaree (Afr.); inHlangushane (siSwati); Mohlwehlwe (Northern Sotho)

Family: Anacardiaceae

23 / 05 / 2005 | Alice Aubrey | Walter Sisulu NBG

Searsia dentata

Common names: nana-berry ( Eng. ); nanabessie (Afr.); inKlolo (Xhosa); Lebelebele (Sotho); Umkungu (Ndebele)

Family: Anacardiaceae

19 / 09 / 2005 | Peter Gavhi | Free State NBG

Searsia pyroides

Unripe fruits.Photo Copyright Geoff Nichols

Common names: common wild currant, fire-thorn karree (Eng.); gewone taaibos (Afr); motshakhutshakhu (North Sotho); koditshane (South Sotho); mogodiri (Tswana); muta

Family: Anacardiaceae

... burning sensation caused by a prick from the thorns. The Anacardiaceae family is widespread in warmer parts of the ...

19 / 02 / 2007 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG

Searsia magalismontana subsp. magalismontana

S. magalismontana subsp. magalismontana bush Photo: Linette Ferreira

Common names: bergtaaibos (Afr.)

Family: Anacardiaceae

... featured in a footnote to a key to the genera of the Anacardiaceae family where Barkley (1942) stated ' Searsia ...

18 / 08 / 2008 | K Behr | Pretoria NBG

Laurophyllus capensis

Common names: iron martin (Eng.); ystermartiens, filabos(sie), vlakwitels (Afr.)

Family: Anacardiaceae

... same area. The family to which this plant belongs is the Anacardiaceae, which is chiefly tropical, although some ...

25 / 05 / 2009 | Jane Forrester | Harold Porter NBG

Ozoroa paniculosa

Common names: common resin tree, bushveld ozoroa (Eng.): gewone harpuisboom (Afr.); isifice (Zulu); monoko (N. Sotho/Sepedi); mudumbula (Venda)

Family: Anacardiaceae

... included in the genus Heeria. Ozoroa is a genus within the Anacardiaceae family (the mango family). This genus has ...

12 / 04 / 2010 | Terence Mabela | Walter Sisulu NBG

Ozoroa obovata var. elliptica

Common names: broad-leaved resin tree (Eng.); breë blaarharpuisboom (Afr.)

Family: Anacardiaceae

05 / 09 / 2011 | J K Baloyi | Pretoria NBG

Protorhus longifolia

Common names: red beech, purple currant, red Cape beech (Eng.); rooiboekenhout, rooimelkhout (Afr.); ikhubalo, isifuce (isiXhosa); umkomiso, uzintlwa (isiZulu)

Family: Anacardiaceae

02 / 07 / 2012 | Alec Naidoo | Pretoria NBG