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Takealot.com (stylised as takealot.com) [1] is a South African e-commerce company based in Cape Town, South Africa. It is regarded as South Africa's largest online retailer, [2][3] takealot.com has helped grow online shopping in South Africa, [4][5][6] and was the first local retailer to take part in Black Friday. [7][8] As of November 2019 ...
Champion Trees of South Africa. The Big Tree, an 800 year old Outeniqua yellowwood at Tsitsikamma National Park. One of five camphor trees (Cinnamomum camphora) at Vergelegen, Somerset West. These trees were planted between 1700 and 1706 by the then governor of the Cape Colony, Willem Adriaan van der Stel.
List of ecoregions in South Africa. Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. Knysna–Amatole montane forests. KwaZulu–Cape coastal forest mosaic. Maputaland coastal forest mosaic. Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands. Southern Africa bushveld.
Noria Muelwa Mabasa (née Luvhimbi) (born May 10, 1938) is a South African artist renowned for her exceptional woodcarving skills. She's known for her intricate sculptures that often reflect themes of African culture, spirituality, and everyday life. Mabasa's work has been exhibited internationally, and she's considered one of the leading ...
Combretum imberbe. Combretum imberbe (also known as leadwood or mhoba-hoba, Afrikaans: hardekool, Sotho: mohwelere-tšhipi, Tsonga: motswiri/mondzo, Zulu: impondondlovu) is a characteristic and often impressive bushwillow species of the southern Afrotropics. The medium to large tree [ 2 ] has a sparse, semi-deciduous canopy of grey-green leaves.
Afrocarpus falcatus (syn. Podocarpus falcatus) is a species of tree in the family Podocarpaceae. It is native to the montane forests of southern Africa, where it is distributed in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, and Eswatini. [ 1 ] Common names include common yellowwood, bastard yellowwood, outeniqua yellowwood, [ 2 ]African pine tree ...
Myrsine melanophloeos, commonly known as Cape beech, Kaapse boekenhout , isiCalabi or isiQwane sehlati [2] is a dense evergreen tree that is native to the afromontane forests of Africa, ranging from Nigeria and Sudan to South Africa. [1] Outside forests they are also commonly encountered along stream banks and in gullies.
Ptaeroxylon obliquum is a species from the family Rutaceae which are most abundant in South Africa and Australia. [1] The term ptaeroxylon is Greek for sneeze and wood, [2] while obliquum denotes the oblique shape of the leaflets. The wood produces oils containing nieshoutol, which causes violent sneeze attacks by workers who are exposed to the ...