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Schrebera alata

Plant
Common names: wild jasmine, wing-leafed wooden pear, (Eng.); wildejasmyn, houtpeer (Afr.); mulungwi (Venda); umGwenye-hlangula (Xhosa); umGwenya-hlungulu, umSishane-wehlanze, umTshwatshwala, loziphungwane (Zulu)
Family: Oleaceae

... loziphungwane (Zulu) National Herbarium Pretoria Schrebera alata is a quick-growing evergreen tree or shrub, 4-15 m ... also often seen sipping nectar from the tubular flowers. Schrebera alata  is related to  S. trichoclada,  which has ...

18/01/2026 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Atalaya alata

Plant
Common names: Lebombo krantz ash (Eng.); Lebombo kransesseboom (Afr.); umzondo, umnondo (Zulu)
Family: Sapindaceae

... (Afr.); umzondo, umnondo (Zulu) Kirstenbosch NBG Atalaya alata is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree, with a ... resembles Clausina anisata ( perdepis ), although Atalaya alata leaves do not smell when they are crushed. In the wild this tree is browsed by elephant. Sapindaceae Atalaya alata is grown from seed. The seeds are collected when the ...

18/01/2026 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Erythrophysa alata

Plant
Common names: Namaqua red balloon (Eng.); Namakwa-rooiklapperbos, mannetjie-roldoring, kloe-kloekie (Afr.)
Family: Sapindaceae

... kloe-kloekie (Afr.) Harold Porter NBG Erythrophysa alata is a very attractive shrub or small tree that reaches a ... round seeds are black and 15 mm in diameter. Erythrophysa alata and its relative, E. transvaalensis, grow very easily ... assist with seed dispersal. Sapindaceae Erythrophysa alata can be grown quite easily from fresh seed. The seeds ...

18/01/2026 | | Harold Porter NBG

Thunbergia alata

Plant
Common names: black-eyed susan (Eng.); swartoognooi (Afr.) ; isiPhondo (Zulu)
Family: Acanthaceae

... (Afr.) ; isiPhondo (Zulu) Pretoria NBG Thunbergia alata is a soft, perennial climber about 1-5 x 1 m with many ... twining Senecio macroglossus (flowering ivy). Grouping T. alata with other species would be interesting, including T. ... as a surgeon so he could collect there. Seed of Thunbergia alata, named by Bojer, a German botanist, was sent from ...

18/01/2026 | | Pretoria NBG

Loxostylis alata

Plant
Common names: Wild Pepper Tree, Tarwood, Tigerwood (Eng.), Wildepeperboom, Breekhout, Tederhout, Teerhout, Tierhout (Afr.), Isibara (Zulu), Isibara (Xhosa)
Family: Anacardiaceae

... liked to sharpen their claws on the bark. Loxostylis alata A.Spreng. ex Rchb. Loxostylis alata Pooley (1993) in Treesof Natal reports that the bark ... particularly at childbirth. Loxostylis alata ...

18/01/2026 | |

Justicia adhatodoides

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

... violet), Hypoestes aristata (ribbon bush) and Thunbergia alata (black-eyed Susan). Justicia adhatodoides is unusual in ...

18/01/2026 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ekebergia pterophylla

Plant
Common names: rock ash (Eng.); rotsessenhout (Afr.); maGwedla (Swahili)
Family: Meliaceae

... The rock ash can be confused with the tree jasmine, Schrebera alata . However, the leaves of the tree jasmine are arranged ...

18/01/2026 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Olea capensis

Plant
Common names: (subsp. capensis ) small ironwood , black ironwood, buchuwood, buckutree, false ironwood (Eng.); kleinysterhout , basterswartysterhout, basterysterhout, bucku, buckuhout, swartysterhout, valsysterhout, witboekenhout (Afr.); moraøane (North Sotho); igqwanxe, umhlebe, umnquma-swile (isiXhosa), umsishane (isiZulu) (subsp. enervis ) bushveld ironwood , rock ironwood (Eng.); bosveldysterhout , rotsysterhout (Afr.); moraøane (North Sotho); sinhletje (siSwati); musiri (tshiVenda); umsishane (isiZulu) (subsp. macrocarpa ) ironwood , black ironwood (Eng.); ysterhout , swartysterhout (Afr.); Eisenholz (German); moraane (North Sotho); sitimane (siSwati); musiri (tshiVenda); ugqwangxe, umhlebe, umnquma-swile (isiXhosa); umzimane (isiZulu).
Family: Oleaceae

... if the tree has been weeping, and our own Chionanthus and Schrebera . The most recent revision of our genus (Green, ...

18/01/2026 | | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium

Lobelia anceps

Plant
Common names: angled lobelia, swamp lobelia
Family: Lobeliaceae

... anceps is still sometimes known by its synonym of Lobelia alata. "Alatus" is the Latin word for "winged" and therefore ...

18/01/2026 | | Harold Porter NBG

Searsia pondoensis

Plant
Common names: many-veined currant (Engl.); veelnerftaaibos (Afr.); inHlangushane (SiSwati)
Family: Anacardiaceae

... grown in gardens, are Harpephyllum caffrum , Loxostylis alata and Sclerocarya birrea . Searsia pondoensis (Schonland) ...

18/01/2026 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

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