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Ficus craterostoma

Plant
Common names: forest fig, forest strangler-fig, blunt-leaved forest fig, bastard Natal fig (Eng.); bosvy, wurgvy, stomblaarbosvy, bostouboom, basternatalvy (Afr.); intozane, uluzi, umthombe (isiXhosa), umthombe, umbombe, isihlamfane (isiZulu); moumo (Northern Sotho), muumo, muvumo, tshikululu (Tshivenda); xirhomberhombe (Xitsonga)
Family: Moraceae

... and eventually kill the tree it happened to land on. Trees that germinate and grow in soil, also send down aerial ...

11/09/2017 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Strelitzia reginae subsp. mzimvubuensis

Plant
Common names: Mzimvubu craneflower
Family: Strelitziaceae

... leaf canopy. A second group consisting of large shrubs or trees with elongated stems, huge banana-like leaves,and ...

24/03/2008 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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