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Syzygium pondoense

Flowers of Syzygium pondoense
Common names: Pondo Waterwood, Pondowaterhout (A) umdoni wehlathi (Z)
Family: Myrtaceae

... can be taken in autumn and rooted in pure river sand. Myrtaceae (Waxberry family) is a family of woody plants with ...

13 / 05 / 2002 | Mhlonishwa D Dlamini | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Syzygium cordatum

Syzygium cordatum
Common names: water berry (Eng.); waterbessie, waterbessieboom, waterboom, waterhout (Afr.); umdoni (Zulu); umswi, umjomi (Xhosa), mawthoo (Southern Sotho), motlho
Family: Myrtaceae

13 / 09 / 2004 | Berenice Carolus | Harold Porter NBG
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Syzygium guineense

Stem of Syzygium guineense
Common names: woodland waterberry, waterpear (Eng.); waterpeer (Afr.); umdoni (isiNdebele)
Family: Myrtaceae

02 / 09 / 2013 | Kuphumla Zenze | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Metrosideros angustifolia

Metrosideros angustifolia flowers
Common names: Cape-gum, lance-leaved ironheart (Eng.); smalblad, smalblaar (Afr.)
Family: Myrtaceae

... in South Africa, and the only indigenous member of the Myrtaceae in the Fynbos Biome. Metrosideros angustifolia (L.) ...

28 / 09 / 2015 | Megan Blatchford | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Eugenia natalitia

Eugenia natalitia
Common names: forest myrtle (Eng.); bosmirt (Afr.); mukavha-mahunguvhu, murambo-thavha, musiri, tshitawatawane (Venda); umthintane, umbhovane, imanzana (Zulu); inch
Family: Myrtaceae

... Eugenia is a genus of flowering plants in the Myrtaceae, a family of woody plants that have flower parts in ... alternate and leathery leaves that contain essential oils. Myrtaceae (myrtle family) is widely distributed in tropical ...

18 / 10 / 2021 | Rowan Wilson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Syzygium legatii

Syzygium legatii in fruit. Photo Geoff Nichols
Common names: mountain waterberry, mountain umdoni, white umdoni, water pear (Eng.); bergwaterbessie, waterpeer, waterbos (Afr.); mutawi (Tshivenda); umdoni-wamanzi
Family: Myrtaceae

... & Greenway) F. White. The genus belong to a family called Myrtaceae, it is a large family that consists of about 1 200 ...

05 / 06 / 2023 | Winfred Velephi Ngwenya | Lowveld NBG
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