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Agapanthus africanus

Plant
Common names: Cape agapanthus, fynbos agapanthus (Eng.); kleinbloulelei (Afr.)
Family: Agapanthaceae

... (Eng.); kleinbloulelei (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Agapanthus africanus subsp. africanus The perianth segments of A. africanus subsp. africanus are thick in texture and the ...

17/05/2004 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Eriocephalus africanus

Plant
Common names: wild rosemary (Eng.), wilderoosmaryn, kapokbos (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Along its wide distribution Eriocephalus africanus is very variable, especially when comparing plants ... seed heads look like cotton wool or snow, which gave Eriocephalus the common name kapokbos in Afrikaans. (Kapok ...

11/06/2001 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Asparagus africanus

Plant
Common names: bush asparagus, African asparagus, wild asparagus, climbing asparagus fern, ornamental asparagus, sparrow grass (Eng.); haakdoring, katdoring, wag-’n-bietjie (Afr.); umathunga, ubulawu ubumhlope, umthunzi (isiXhosa); isigoba, isigobo (isiZuli); lelala-tau-le-leholo, leunyeli (Southern Sotho)
Family: Asparagaceae

... flowers are on separate plants. Asparagaceae Asparagus africanus is cultivated worldwide as a garden plant and ... who possesses a hundred husbands’. The species name africanus means ‘from Africa’. Asparagus africanus was described by Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de ...

09/01/2017 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Sporobolus africanus

Plant
Common names: rat’s tail dropseed, rat’s tail grass, rush grass, tough dropseed (Eng.); fynsaadgras, saadgras, taaipol, vleigras, rotstert, taaipolfynsaadgras (Afri.); matshiki (isiZulu)
Family: Poaceae

... matshiki (isiZulu) National Herbarium Pretoria Sporobolus africanus is a fast-growing, tufted, rhizomatous perennial ... autumn to early summer, from April to October. Sporobolus africanus is a self-pollinated grass and a prolific seeder. ... in flowing water. Birds eat the seeds. Poaceae Sporobolus africanus is easily propagated from seeds. Seeds germinate in ...

24/06/2019 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Eriocephalus

Plant
Common names: wild rosemary (Eng.); kapokbos, wilderoosmaryn (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... (Afr.) Compton Herbarium Members of the genus Eriocephalus are woody, evergreen and often aromatic shrubs. ... from these regions. Asteraceae To our knowledge, only E. africanus and E. racemosus have been cultivated for the ... it a valuable inclusion in herbal or aromatic gardens. Eriocephalus punctulatus and E. eximius are in our opinion ...

22/10/2012 | | Compton Herbarium

Gyrocarpus americanus subsp. africanus

Plant
Common names: propeller tree, helicopter tree (Eng.); helikopterboom (Afr.); mutama, mudzoudzhou (Tshivenda).
Family: Hernandiaceae

... (Tshivenda). Pretoria NBG Gyrocarpus americanus subsp. africanus is a small to medium-sized, single-stemmed, ... where this tree was first known, and the subspecies name africanus means ‘from Africa’. 800x600 Normal 0 false ... New Roman",serif;} Gyrocarpus americanus Jacq. subsp. africanus Kubitzki Gyrocarpus americanus subsp. africanus The ...

20/08/2018 | | Pretoria NBG

Eriocephalus racemosus

Plant
Common names: coast wild rosemary (Eng.); strandveldkapok, kapkappie, strandkapokbos, kapokkie (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... strandkapokbos, kapokkie (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Eriocephalus racemosus is a dense, erect shrub that can ... Read more about this plant and its varieties, and other Eriocephalus here. Insects are responsible for the ... from having medicinal properties like its relatives E. africanus , E. ericoides and E. tenuifolius , it can also ...

10/08/2015 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Cucumis africanus

Plant
Common names: wild cucumber, wild gherkin (Eng.); wilde agurkie, doringkomkommertjie (Afr.); monyaku (Pedi); mthangazana (Xhosa); isende-lenja, uselwa-lwemamba (Zulu)
Family: Cucurbitaceae

... about 4.5 x 2.5 mm, and 1 mm thick, cream-coloured. C. africanus flowers and fruits from about September to May, but ... natural habitat and ecology can be used as guidelines. C. africanus is an unlikely subject for the suburban garden; it ... crops outside their native Africa. The species name africanus refers to the natural distribution area of this ...

14/03/2005 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus

Plant
Common names: bead vine, coral bead plant, coral bean, crabs eye, licorice vine, love bean, lucky bean creeper, prayer beads, prayer bean, precatory pea, red bead vine, rosary bean, rosary pea, weather plant, weather vine (Eng.); amabope (Ndebele); nsimani (Shangaan); and umkhokha (Zulu)
Family: Fabaceae

... umkhokha (Zulu) Pretoria NBG Abrus precatorius  subsp.  africanus  is a slender, perennial climber that twines ... and a black patch on top. Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus reproduces mainly by seed. These seeds are thought ... in the family Fabaceae. Abrus precatorius L. subsp. africanus Verdc. Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus The seeds ...

05/01/2009 | | Pretoria NBG

Agapanthus praecox

Plant
Common names: common agapanthus, blue lily (Eng.); bloulelie, agapant (Afr.); isicakathi (Xhosa); ubani (Zulu)
Family: Agapanthaceae

... ten species in total: four evergreen species, viz. A. africanus, A. comptonii, A. praecox and A. walshii and six ... minimus ;  A. walshii  to be a subspecies of  A. africanus ;  A. dyeri  to be identical to  A. inapertus ... result there are now only two evergreen species i.e.   A. africanus  and  A. praecox  and four deciduous species ...

19/01/2004 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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