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This is a list of Southern African trees, shrubs, suffrutices, geoxyles and lianes, and is intended to cover Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [1] The notion of 'indigenous' is of necessity a blurred concept, and is clearly a function of both time and political boundaries.
Scleroxylum racemosum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. (1819), pro syn. Ocotea bullata, (stinkwood or black stinkwood, Afrikaans: Stinkhout, Xhosa: Umhlungulu, Zulu: Umnukane) [2][3] is a species of flowering tree native to South Africa. It produces very fine and valuable timber which was formerly much sought after to make furniture.
Plastic lumber is composed of virgin or waste plastics including HDPE, PVC, PP, ABS, PS and PLA. The powder or pellets are mixed to a dough-like consistency at roughly 400 °F (204 °C) and then extruded or molded to the desired shape. Additives such as colorants, coupling agents, stabilizers, blowing agents, reinforcing agents, foaming agents ...
Wood–plastic composites (WPCs) are composite materials made of wood fiber / wood flour and thermoplastic (s) such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or polylactic acid (PLA). In addition to wood fiber and plastic, WPCs can also contain other ligno-cellulosic and/or inorganic filler materials.
Trex Company, Inc.is a manufacturer of wood-alternative composite decking, railing, and other outdoor items made from recycled materials.[4] Headquartered in Winchester, Virginia, Trex is the world's largest manufacturerof wood-alternative deckingand railing.[5] Trex composite products are made of 95% recycled materials.
The tallest tree in South Africa and Africa. And the tallest plant tree in the world. Stand of trees planted in 1906 (117–118 years old) by forestry pioneer AK Eastwood. Previous tallest tree in this stand fell in 2006. Height: 79 m; 78.5 m; Stem size: 3.2 m; 4.28 m; Crown size: 20.7 m; 22.7 m; 293 Woodbush Plantation, Haenertsburg, Limpopo
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 miles) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; [14] [15] [16] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini ...
This is a list of the extreme points of South Africa, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location in the country. Including the Prince Edward Islands Northernmost Point: Over Vlakte farm, Vhembe District Municipality , Limpopo Province ( 22°7′40″S 29°39′20″E / 22.12778°S 29.65556°E ...