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Gymnosporia senegalensis

Gymnosporia senegalensis
Common names: red spikethorn, confetti spikethorn (Eng.); bloupendoring, rooipendoring (Afr.); sephatho, mophatho (Sepedi); sihlangu lesimhlophe (siSwati); ubuhlang
Family: Celastraceae

... January 2021 Acknowledgements : photos by Geoff Nichols. Gymnosporia senegalensis is a multi-stemmed, much-branched ... can be differentiated by its fine grained and yellow wood. Gymnosporia senegalensis is widespread, occurring mostly in ... Birds eat the fruits. Black Rhino eat the bark and leaves. Gymnosporia In its natural habitat, Gymnosporia senegalensis ...

25 / 01 / 2021 | M.S. Mothogoane | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Gymnosporia buxifolia

Gymnosporia buxifolia
Common names: spikethorn, common spikethorn, stinking spike-thorn (Eng.); gewone pendoring, pendoring, stinkdoring, lemoendoring (Afr.); ingqwangane, ubangalala, us
Family: Celastraceae

... KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden November 2015   Gymnosporia buxifolia takes the form of a large shrub of ... 1–4 seeds that are partly covered by a yellow aril. Gymnosporia buxifolia is widespread in southern Africa, ... and it is often found as undergrowth to taller trees. Gymnosporia buxifolia flowers have a sickly sweet to foetid ...

30 / 11 / 2015 | Sameer Khan | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Gymnosporia harveyana

Fruit and leaves
Common names: black forest spikethorn (Eng.); swartbospendoring (Afr.)
Family: Celastraceae

... Pretoria M. Jordaan National Herbarium, Pretoria June 2004 Gymnosporia harveyana is a densely leafy, evergreen shrub or ... the species is not threatened or vulnerable in the wild. Gymnosporia harveyana is fairly widespread in the ... but ants, bees and certain beetles also visit the flowers. Gymnosporia In the wild it grows in full shade in forest, so ...

14 / 06 / 2004 | M Jordan | National Herbarium Pretoria
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