Trees and Shrubs of the Witwatersrand: An Illustrated Guide |
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Acacia Acacia sieberiana ACACIA TORTILIS SUBSP africana Anacardiaceae attractive bark is rough berry branches branchlets Buddleia bush bushy caffra Canthium capensis clusters colour creamy-green creamy-white dark brown dark green deciduous dense Diospyros drooping drought-resistant Eastern Cape edible evergreen fairly common Family Ficus found growing fruit garden subject golden-brown grey grey-brown grey-green GROUP hairs hairy HALLERIA LUCIDA hardy hill-sides Johannesburg kloofs koppies Krugersdorp leaf leaflets leaves are dull leaves are mid-green Leguminosae Leguminosae Common names light brown Magaliesberg magalismontanum mature Maytenus midrib much-branched Natal north of Krugersdorp Ochna outcrops paler beneath Pavetta petiole plant Protea reddish RHAMNUS PRINOIDES Rhus rocky ridges SARCOSTEMMA VIMINALE serrate shiny shrub shrub growing six feet high smooth Sond species specimens spring stream banks subsp Suikerbosrand Swartkops sweetly scented Synonym Tarchonanthus camphoratus thick thorns Transvaal tree growing Tree Society twelve feet high twigs veins velvety Viscum whitish widespread Wild Witwatersrand Witwatersrand area woody yellow zeyheri