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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.
The largest indigenous tree of South Africa, and habitat for a rare colony of mottled spinetail swifts. Height: 22 m Stem size: 33.72 m Crown size: 34.3 m & 41.7 m 440 Sagole, Limpopo. 2 Adansonia digitata: Glencoe Baobab: Second-largest indigenous tree of South Africa.
23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened. [ 3 ]
The Red List of South African Plants is a system used to classify endemic species of plants in South Africa that are at risk of extinction. The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) designates the conservation status of endemic species according to the IUCN Red List system of categories and criteria.
Protected trees of South Africa (47 P) Pages in category "Trees of South Africa" The following 136 pages are in this category, out of 136 total.
empress tree; princess tree; foxglove tree; paulownia Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) 712 Radermachera: radermachera trees ; Radermachera sinica: China doll tree; serpent tree Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) Spathodea: spathodea trees ; Spathodea campanulata: African tulip tree Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) Tabebuia: trumpet ...
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. Due to over-exploitation it is now a protected species.
23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened. [3] Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, Nama Karoo ...