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Syntrichia papillosa
Common names: marble screw-moss
Family: Pottiaceae
The relatively large brood-bodies on the leaves of Syntrichia papillosa are visible with the naked eye or through a hand-lens....
22 / 12 / 2014 | Jacques van Rooy | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Syzygium cordatum
Common names: water berry (Eng.); waterbessie, waterbessieboom, waterboom, waterhout (Afr.); umdoni (Zulu); umswi, umjomi (Xhosa), mawthoo (Southern Sotho), motlho
Family: Myrtaceae
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13 / 09 / 2004 | Berenice Carolus | Harold Porter NBG
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Syzygium guineense
Common names: woodland waterberry, waterpear (Eng.); waterpeer (Afr.); umdoni (isiNdebele)
Family: Myrtaceae
This is a lovely medium-sized to large evergreen tree with a smooth greyish-white single stem on young trees and beautiful purplish-red young leaves. This...
02 / 09 / 2013 | Kuphumla Zenze | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Syzygium legatii
Common names: mountain waterberry, mountain umdoni, white umdoni, water pear (Eng.); bergwaterbessie, waterpeer, waterbos (Afr.); mutawi (Tshivenda); umdoni-wamanzi
Family: Myrtaceae
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05 / 06 / 2023 | Winfred Velephi Ngwenya | Lowveld NBG
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Syzygium pondoense
Common names: Pondo Waterwood, Pondowaterhout (A) umdoni wehlathi (Z)
Family: Myrtaceae
This attractive small tree is rare in nature. But it has great horticultural potential, despite its tongue twister of a name which is pronounced sigh-zig-ee-um...
13 / 05 / 2002 | Mhlonishwa D Dlamini | Walter Sisulu NBG
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