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Cryptocarya woodii

Leaves and green fruits
Common names: Cape laurel, Cape Quince, bastard camphor tree (E): rooikweper,Kaapse kweper (A); isithungwa, inqayana, ixobothi (Xhosa) umngcabe, umnqayane, isililan
Family: Lauraceae

19 / 12 / 2005 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Ocotea bullata

Ocotea bullata leaves. Photo Geoff Nichols
Common names: stinkwood, black stinkwood, Cape laurel, (Eng), stinkhout, swartstinkhout, laurelhout (Afr), umnukani (Zulu), umhlungulu (Xhosa)
Family: Lauraceae

... recognized the stinkwood as a member of the family Lauraceae and named it  Laurus bullata . The strange ...

06 / 03 / 2006 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Cryptocarya wyliei

Cryptocarya wyliei. Image © G. Nichols
Common names: red quince; red-haired laurel (Eng.); rooikweper (Afr.); umNgcabe (Zulu); umNqayane (Zulu, Xhosa)
Family: Lauraceae

... with seven southern African representatives. The family Lauraceae is one of the oldest groups of flowering plants, ...

15 / 10 / 2007 | Hugh Glen | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium
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Ocotea kenyensis

Ocotea kenyensis leaves
Common names: northern stinkwood, false stinkwood, bastard stinkwood, mock stinkwood, Transvaal stinkwood (Eng), noordelikestinkhout, vals-stinkhout, basterstinkhou
Family: Lauraceae

... is a genus of angiosperm plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. There are 540 species currently accepted within ...

06 / 03 / 2023 | Winfred Velephi Ngwenya | Lowveld NBG
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