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Melianthus comosus

Melianthus comosus
Common names: crown honeyflower (Eng); kruidjie-roer-my -nie (Afr.)
Family: Melianthaceae

... Harris Free State National Botanical Garden September 2004 Melianthus comosus is an attractive multi-stemmed shrub; all ... bladdery capsules, often as decorative as the flowers. Melianthus comosus has a wide distribution, mainly in Namibia ... attracts sunbirds, Cape white eyes, bees and butterflies. Melianthus Melianthus comosus is easily propagated from seed, ...

20 / 09 / 2004 | Shireen Harris | Free State NBG
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Melianthus elongatus

Melianthus elongatus in flower in Kirstenbosch
Common names: strandveld honeyflower, dwarf honeyflower, small melianthus, turkey bush (Eng.); kruidjie-roer-my-nie, truitjie (Afr.)
Family: Melianthaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden January 2023 Melianthus elongatus is an evergreen shrub that grows up to ... The racemes are held upright, above the leaves. Melianthus elongatus flowers from midwinter to spring (July ... and the seeds are smooth, shiny and black when ripe. Melianthus elongatus naturally occurs from Kamiesberg in ...

20 / 02 / 2023 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Melianthus major

Melianthus major
Common names: honey flower, melianthus, giant honey flower, touch-me-not (Eng.); kruidjie-roer-my-nie, heuningblom, klappers, krikkiebos (Afr.); ubuhlungubemamba, u
Family: Melianthaceae

... revised June 2017   A fast-growing, vigorous perennial, Melianthus major grows about 2.5 m tall, suckering and ... to pale brown, and containing the shiny black seeds. Melianthus major occurs in the Western, Eastern and Northern ... Cape, through the Western Cape and into the Eastern Cape. Melianthus major comes from the winter-rainfall region of ...

19 / 06 / 2017 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Melianthus villosus

Melianthus villosus
Common names: maroon honey flower, Drakensberg honey flower (Eng.); Drakensbergse kruidjie-roer-my-nie (Afr.); ibhonya (Zulu)
Family: Melianthaceae

... Notten Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden June 201 7 Melianthus villosus is a multi-stemmed shrub that grows up to ... green drying brown, containing shiny black seeds. Melianthus villosus grows in moist areas, on forest margins ... and occasional nectarivores (such as white-eyes). Melianthus villosus has a persistent rootstock, which allows ...

05 / 06 / 2017 | Samuel Lekhetho | Free State NBG
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