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Protea obtusifolia

Plant
Common names: Bredasdorp protea, limestone protea, limestone sugarbush (Eng.); Bredasdorpsuikerbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... is pollinated by the Sugarbird, Promerops cafer. Nectar is found at the base of each flower. To get to it, the ... the protea beetle, which comes in search of pollen and nectar. The protea beetles are large and brush the pollen ... adapted to very nutrient-poor soils. It will not tolerate strong fertilizers and manures, but should be fed with ...

27/07/2009 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Canthium inerme

Plant
Common names: turkey-berry; common turkey-berry; criss-cross turkey-berry; Cape date (Eng.); gewone bokdrol; doringels (Afr.); umvuthwamini (Xhosa, Zulu); umnyushulube (Xhosa); isitobe (Zulu); mvutwamira (Sw); mmutswa-o-sepela (Northern Sotho); muvhibvela-shadani (Venda)
Family: Rubiaceae

... of growth form and size. Under forest conditions, where strong competition for light necessitates upward-reaching ... and sucker shoots in particular, are often armed with strong, stout spines up to 70 or 80 mm long, produced just ... Pollination is effected by bees in search of pollen and nectar, and self-pollination is also seen to take place (Von ...

12/07/2004 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Mundulea sericea

Plant
Common names: cork bush, silver bush, Rhodesian silver-leaf (Eng.); kurkbos, blou-ertjieboom, olifantshout, visboontjie, visgif, mangaanbos (Afr.); omukeka (Herero); !gaeb (Nama/Damara); mosetla-thlou (Northern Sotho); omumbaganyana (Oshiwambo); umSindandlovana (Swazi); ntsandzandlopfu, maibana, mohato, mosikatse, mosita-thlou, moswaatlou (Tswana); mukunda-ndou (Venda); umHlalantethe, umSindandlovu (Zulu)
Family: Fabaceae

... The wood is light yellow, tough, and hard and produces a strong, unpleasant scent when worked. The flowers attract ... and greater double-collared sunbirds visit the flowers for nectar; the Natal Barred Blue, Common Blue, Dusky Blue and ... mean 'that which resist elephants', with reference to the strong, tough branches. Mundulea sericea (Willd.) A. Chev. ...

29/09/2008 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Justicia adhatodoides

Plant
Common names: pistol bush (Eng.); pistoolbos (Afr.); ihlwalane, isepheka, ihlwehlwe (Xhosa); uthabe, lothabe (Zulu)
Family: Acanthaceae

... or without scent. Those growing in Kirstenbosch have a strong scent that is sweet to almost sickly, with a whiff of ... tube with its wedge-shaped proboscis or beak to get at the nectar. In so-doing it holds onto the flower and forces its ... to coastal gardens, although it is best not exposed to strong, drying winds like Cape Town’s south-easter. It can ...

09/07/2019 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Acmadenia mundiana

Plant
Common names: De Hoop porcelain flower (Eng.), De Hoop-boegoe (Afr.)
Family: Rutaceae

... September). The flowers have five petals with a dark pink nectar guide on each petal leading into the flower with a ... by bees, butterflies and other insects that feed on nectar and pollen. Rutaceae Acmadenia mundiana easily adapts ... to as buchus. Buchus are quite easily identified by the strong aromatic scent released when the leaves are crushed. ...

30/09/2002 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe gariepensis

Plant
Common names: Gariep aloe, Orange River aloe
Family: Asphodelaceae

... from early July to September. Aloe gariepensis produces nectar and is pollinated by sunbirds as well as winged and ... are small enough to enter the flower tube in which the nectar is stored. After fertilisation, the fruits, which are ... a microclimate that enables seedlings to survive until strong enough to withstand the hot and dry conditions of the ...

17/12/2012 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Barleria greenii

Plant
Common names: wild bush petunia, Green's barleria
Family: Acanthaceae

... The flower bracts are stiff and spiny. The flowers emit a strong, sweet fragrance at night and produce copious quantities of nectar which attracts bumblebees. Hawk moths have been ... and is pollinated by moths. It produces copious amounts of nectar that attracts bumble bees. Seed pods explode when ...

19/03/2001 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Barringtonia racemosa

Plant
Common names: powderpuff tree (Eng.); poeierkwasboom (Afr.); iBhoqo (isiZulu)
Family: Lecythidaceae

... a year: in spring and again from January to April. The strong scent produced by the flowers at night attract moths and nectar-feeding bats. After the flowers (petals and stamens) ... are often crowded with ants that are attracted to the nectar. It is the larval food plant for the butterfly ...

14/01/2008 | | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Curtisia dentata

Plant
Common names: assegai (Eng.); assegaai (Afr.); uSirayi, umGxina (Xhosa); umLahleni (Xhosa, Zulu); uMagunda, uMaginda, umBese, umPhephelelangeni (Zulu); iliNcayi, isiNwati (Sw); modula-tshwene (Northern Sotho); musangwe, mufhefhera (Venda)
Family: Cornaceae

... by severe winds. The flowers are odourless and secrete no nectar. The honey-bee does not visit the flowers for pollen, ... Curtisia dentata The timber of the assegai is good, strong and durable and has been exploited since the earliest ... and somewhat resembles mahogany, and is extremely tough, strong and elastic with a fine grain. As dry assegai shrinks ...

05/07/2004 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Erica croceovirens

Plant
Common names: Doringrivier heath, saffron-&-green heath (Eng.) doringrivierheide (Afr.)
Family: Ericaceae

... scraggy shrub growing up to 1.5m tall with a few, upright, strong, woody branches and bushy lower growth. Side branches ... pollination by sunbirds that visit the flowers for their nectar. To reach the nectar, sunbirds push their beaks into the corolla tube, ...

14/04/2014 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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