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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

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

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

Xysmalobium undulatum

Common names: milk bush, milkwort, uzura, wild cotton, wave-leaved xysmalobium (Eng.); bitterhout, bitterwortel, bitterhoutwortel, melkbos (Afr.); leshokoa, poho-t�

Family: Apocynaceae

29 / 12 / 2008 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria

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

Brachystelma barberae

Common names: platvoetaasblom (Afr.)

Family: Apocynaceae

08 / 09 / 2008 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria

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

Stenostelma umbelliferum

Family: Apocynaceae

31 / 03 / 2008 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria

Pachycarpus schinzianus

Common names: cream cups (Eng.); bitterwortel (Afr.)

Family: Apocynaceae

21 / 01 / 2008 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria

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

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

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

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

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

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

Orbea

Common names: carrion flower ( Eng. ); aasblom, bokhoring (Afr.)

Family: Apocynaceae

23 / 01 / 2006 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria

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

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

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

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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