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Cyclopia pubescens

Common names: Algoa honeybush, fluffy honeybush (Eng.); Algoa-heuningtee, donsigheuningtee (Afr.)

Family: Fabaceae

... hairs on the upper surface. Cyclopia is a genus of the Fabaceae and is endemic to the Fynbos Biome of South Africa. ...

20 / 09 / 2021 | Vathiswa Zikishe | CREW

Abrus laevigatus

Common names: luckybean creeper (Eng.); minnaarsboontjie, minnie-minnies (Afr.); umphitsi (isiZulu)

Family: Fabaceae

02 / 08 / 2021 | T.T. Masupa | National Herbarium Pretoria

Philenoptera sutherlandii

Common names: forest apple-leaf, giant umzimbeet, bastard umzimbeet (Eng.); bosappelblaar, reuseomsambeet, basteromsambeet (Afr.); umsimbishana, umsimbithana (isiZu

Family: Fabaceae

... Papilionoideae which in turn belongs to the family Fabaceae. Trees in the genus are medium to large and are ...

19 / 07 / 2021 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG

Pseudarthria hookeri

Common names: velvet bean, bug-catcher (Eng.); fluweelboontjie (Afr.); uphandosi, uqhonqo, uqwashu (isiZulu)

Family: Fabaceae

21 / 06 / 2021 | Sibahle Gumede | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Erythrophleum lasianthum

Common names: Maputaland ordeal tree, Swazi ordeal tree, sasswood (Eng.); maputalandoordeelboom, swazi-oordeelboom (Afr.); umbhemise, umhlakazane, umkhwangu (isiZul

Family: Fabaceae

... name. Erythrophleum is relatively a small genus in the Fabaceae (legume family) that consists of about 10 species ...

28 / 12 / 2020 | Mmapitsi Malebye | Walter Sisulu NBG

Craibia brownii

Common names: None in South Africa

Family: Fabaceae

14 / 12 / 2020 | Winfred Velephi Ngwenya | Lowveld NBG

Podalyria burchellii

Common names: hairy blossom-pea, hairy Cape sweetpea (Eng.); keurtjie (Afr.)

Family: Fabaceae

16 / 11 / 2020 | Sibahle Gumede | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Schotia capitata

Common names: dwarf boer-bean, forest tree-fuschia, wild-fuschia, Transvaal boer-bean (Eng.); kleinboerboon, transvaalboerboon (Afr.); isincasha, uvovovo (Zulu).

Family: Fabaceae

31 / 08 / 2020 | Thabang Makola | Karoo Desert NBG

Eriosema preptum

Common names: distinguished eriosema

Family: Fabaceae

25 / 05 / 2020 | Lungisani Zondi | Walter Sisulu NBG

Dalbergia melanoxylon

Common names: zebra wood, African blackwood, African ebony (Eng.), sebrahout, swartdriedoring, driedoringebbehout (Afr.), isparati, mpingo (Swati), mogôrôgôrô (

Family: Fabaceae

23 / 12 / 2019 | Winfred Velephi Ngwenya | Lowveld NBG