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Greyia sutherlandii

Greyia sutherlandii in flower
Common names: glossy bottlebrush, mountain bottlebrush, Natal bottlebrush, wild bottlebrush, beacon tree (Eng.); blinkblaarbaakhout, Natalse baakhout (Afr.); isidw
Family: Melianthaceae

... Botanical Garden October 2006 updated September 2016     Greyia sutherlandii is a large shrub or small tree, 3 to 7 m ... The wood is pale pink and generally light and soft. Greyia sutherlandii grows on the slopes and rocky ridges of ... Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and eastern Gauteng. Greyia sutherlandii flowers attract birds, bees and other ...

02 / 10 / 2006 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Greyia radlkoferi

Greyia radlkoferi
Common names: woolly bottlebrush, Transvaal bottlebrush, wild bottlebrush (Eng.); wollerige baakhout (Afr.); isidwadwa (Zulu); inhlazane, indlebelembila (Swazi)
Family: Melianthaceae

... Kirstenbosch NBG October 2004 updated September 2016     Greyia radlkoferi is a large shrub or small tree, growing 2-4 ... split open at one end to release seeds in the autumn. Greyia radlkoferi occurs mainly in the mist-belt mountains of ... streambanks, bordering evergreen forest and among rocks. Greyia The plants are easy to grow from seed or cuttings. For ...

11 / 10 / 2004 | De La Cruz P | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Greyia flanaganii

Flowers
Common names: Kei bottlebrush (E), Kei baakhout (A), uSinga lwamaxhegokazi (X).
Family: Melianthaceae

... broadly scalloped and toothed, and usually slightly lobed. Greyia flanaganii has showy, bright red, bell-shaped flowers ... along their inner surfaces to release the small seeds. Greyia flanaganii  is one of three closely related species ... The other two species in the Greyiaceae family,  Greyia   radlkoferi   and  G. sutherlandii   are dormant ...

14 / 10 / 2002 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Greyia

Flowers of the Family Greyiacaea
Common names: wild bottlebrushes
Family: Melianthaceae

... Frank Nonyane Pretoria National Herbarium September 2010  Greyia are all shrubs or small trees. Leaves are simple, ... such as honeybees, as well as pollinators like sunbirds. Greyia G.   sutherlandii  is hardy and will survive cold ... for growing  Agapanthus, Dietes  or  Tulbaghia. This  Greyia  is susceptible to aphid infestation during its ...

20 / 09 / 2010 | F Nonyane | National Herbarium Pretoria
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