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Brachylaena discolor

Plant
Common names: Coast silver oak (E), Kusvaalbos (Afr.), Phahla (isiZulu), Mphahla (N.Sotho), umPhahla (isiXhosa)
Family: Asteraceae

... tree is covered in flowers. Being nectar rich they attract bees, birds and other insects that come to feed on the nectar ...

06/01/2003 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Hibiscus waterbergensis

Plant
Common names: Waterberg hibiscus (Eng.); Waterberg hibiscus (Afr.).
Family: Malvaceae

... , Pavonia and Abutilon amongst others) are pollinated by bees or birds or insects. In some members of the Malvoideae ...

03/02/2025 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Geranium multisectum

Plant
Common names: crane's bill
Family: Geraniaceae

... stigma and nectar glands that are frequently visited by bees. The individual flowers do not last for long and as soon ...

31/12/2000 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Merwilla plumbea

Plant
Common names: wild squill, blue squill, blue hyacinth, blouberglelie, blouslangkop, inguduza
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... have a honey-like scent towards evening and are visited by bees during the day. The seed, which is formed in capsules ...

22/10/2001 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Boophone haemanthoides

Plant
Common names: Namaqua century plant (Eng.); gifbol, kwaslelie(Afr.)
Family: Amaryllidaceae

... biology of B. haemanthoides, but it is visited by bees and flies, which are attracted to the frangipani-scented ...

28/02/2011 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea

Plant
Common names: blue water lily, Cape water lily, frog's pulpit, blue lotus (Eng.); blouwaterlelie, kaaimanblom, paddapreekstoel, blou plomb (Afr.); izubu, iziba (Zul.)
Family: Nymphaeaceae

... flowers are sweetly fragrant and are visited constantly by bees who are the most likely pollinator. The leaves show many ...

04/02/2002 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Bruguiera gymnorrhiza

Plant
Common names: black mangrove (Eng.); swartwortelboom (Afr.); isiKhangazi, isi Hlobane (isiZulu); isiKhangathi (isiXhosa); m'tumansi, setaca (Mozambique, language unspecified); muia (kiSwahili)
Family: Rhizophoraceae

... Mangroves on Inhaca Island, Mozambique, are pollinated by bees. Other residents of local mangrove swamps include ...

24/10/2005 | | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium

Kniphofia northiae

Plant
Common names: broad-leaved poker, Marianne North’s poker, giant red-hot poker, octopus torch (Eng.); icacane, umathunga (isiZulu.); leloele (Sesotho)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... are well-known for their ability to attract birds, bees, and butterflies, and K. northiae in particular is ...

16/10/2023 | | CREW

Ceropegia sandersonii

Plant
Common names: giant ceropegia, Sanderson’s ceropegia, Sanderson’s canopy flower, parachute flower, trumpet flower, fountain flower (Eng.); sambreelblom (Afr.)
Family: Apocynaceae

... or flies in the swollen base of the corolla. Stingless bees have also been reported to visit the flowers of ...

16/12/2019 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Streptocarpus cyaneus

Plant
Common names: Cape primrose (Eng.)
Family: Gesneriaceae

... aphids, which are small and can be black or yellow, bumble bees, leaf mealy bugs, which are powdery white, and snails. ...

30/07/2012 | | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

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