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Orbea lutea
Common names: yellow carrion flower (Eng.); geelaasblom, ghaap, gwaap, aasblom, kopseerblom, slang-gwaap (Afr.).
Family: Apocynaceae
11 / 01 / 2010 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Common names: balloon milkweed, balloon wild cotton, hairy balls, bindweed (Eng.); balmelkbossie, balbossie, wilde kapok (Afr.); umbababa, umbemiso, umangwazane, um
Family: Apocynaceae
... classified as a subfamily, Asclepiadoideae, in the family Apocynaceae. Members of the Asclepiadoideae have highly ...
04 / 01 / 2010 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Mondia whitei
Common names: White's ginger, tonic root (Eng.); mundondo, mudondo (Angola); mundondo, bondo, molo busio (Cissongo - Central African Republic); nlondo, kimbiolongwa
Family: Apocynaceae
16 / 11 / 2009 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | Pretoria NBG
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Xysmalobium undulatum
Common names: milk bush, milkwort, uzura, wild cotton, wave-leaved xysmalobium (Eng.); bitterhout, bitterwortel, bitterhoutwortel, melkbos (Afr.); leshokoa, poho-tÂ
Family: Apocynaceae
29 / 12 / 2008 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Pentarrhinum insipidum
Common names: African heartvine (Eng.), donkieperske, hondepisbossie, opklim, wildekomkommer (Afr.), aulana, furana (Ndebele), umulugwe (Ndebele), leswa (Sotho)
Family: Apocynaceae
27 / 10 / 2008 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | Pretoria NBG
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Brachystelma barberae
Common names: platvoetaasblom (Afr.)
Family: Apocynaceae
08 / 09 / 2008 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Gomphocarpus cancellatus
Common names: wild cotton (Eng.); bergmelkbos, bergtontelbos, dermhout, gansiesbos, katoenbos, melkbos, regopmelkbos (Afr.)
Family: Apocynaceae
14 / 04 / 2008 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Stenostelma umbelliferum
Family: Apocynaceae
31 / 03 / 2008 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Pachycarpus schinzianus
Common names: cream cups (Eng.); bitterwortel (Afr.)
Family: Apocynaceae
21 / 01 / 2008 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Pachypodium
Common names: P. baronii var. windsorii : none; P. * bispinosum : bobbejaankos, kragman, sterkman, kamoa (Afr.); P. densiflorum var. densiflorum, P. geayi, P. horom
Family: Apocynaceae
... in-house conditions. Pachypodium falls in a group of the Apocynaceae notorious for poisonous properties and for ...
10 / 12 / 2007 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Brachystelma modestum
Common names: none known
Family: Apocynaceae
... species, as with certain other genera in the family Apocynaceae are sought after by private collectors. ...
22 / 10 / 2007 | Suvarna Parbhoo | TSP
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Adenium
Common names: A. boehmianum : pylgif (Afr.); ouzuwo (Herero). A. multiflorum : impala lily, Sabi star, kudu lily ( Eng. ); impalalelie (Afr.). A. obesum : desert ro
Family: Apocynaceae
18 / 06 / 2007 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | Pretoria NBG
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Pachypodium namaquanum
Common names: elephant's trunk (Eng.); halfmens (Afr.)
Family: Apocynaceae
... of distribution. The genus Pachypodium  belongs to the Apocynaceae (oleander) family, a well established family ... tree) from the Kaokoveld in Namibia. Most members of the Apocynaceae family are found in the tropics where they are ... edible red fruits. Pachypodium namaquanum  belongs to the Apocynaceae family, a group of plants with milky or watery ...
04 / 06 / 2007 | Olivia Pekeur | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Diplorhynchus condylocarpon
Common names: Rhodesian rubber tree, horn-pod tree, wild rubber (Eng.); horingpeultjieboom, horingpeulbos, melkbos (Afr.); mutowa (Shona); tsowa (Tsonga); ntsowa, m
Family: Apocynaceae
04 / 12 / 2006 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Stapelia
Common names: carrion flower (Eng.); aasblom (Afr.)
Family: Apocynaceae
... destroyed. Because of the many diseases to which succulent Apocynaceae (including Stapelia ) are prone, they are ...
27 / 11 / 2006 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Orbea
Common names: carrion flower ( Eng. ); aasblom, bokhoring (Afr.)
Family: Apocynaceae
23 / 01 / 2006 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Gomphocarpus fruticosus
Common names: milkweed, wild cotton (Eng.); gansie, melkbos (Afr.); Lebegane (Sotho); Umsinga-lwesalukazi (Zulu)
Family: Apocynaceae
28 / 11 / 2005 | Alec Naidoo | Pretoria NBG
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Ancylobotrys capensis
Common names: rock milk apricot, wild apricot, dwarf wild apricot, wild peach ( Eng. ); klipmelkappelkoos, wilde-appelkoos, wilde-perske (Afr.); morobe (Northern So
Family: Apocynaceae
... skin that is typically poisonous in most members of the Apocynaceae. ...
10 / 10 / 2005 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Hoodia gordonii
Common names: bitter ghaap (Eng.); bitterghaap, muishondghaap, wolweghaap, bobbejaanghaap, bergghaap, bokhorings (Afr.); khobab (Khoi)
Family: Apocynaceae
18 / 07 / 2005 | Ian Oliver | Karoo Desert NBG
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Tabernaemontana ventricosa
Common names: forest toad tree (Eng; bospaddaboom (Afr.); uKhamamasane (Zulu)
Family: Apocynaceae
17 / 01 / 2005 | Lou-nita LeRoux | Lowveld NBG
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