Weepingwattle / Huilboom
Weepingwattle / Huilboom
The weepingwattle has acacia-like foliage and showy yellow flowers. It’s an excellent tree for bee-keepers. It has a spreading untidy canopy and makes a good shade tree for both livestock and humans.
Botanical Name:
Peltohorum africanum
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Young leaves and pods are eaten by livestock and the flowers provide a high yield of nectar and pollen for bee-keeping.
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Pod-mahogany / Peulmahonie
Pod-mahogany / PeulmahonieA very attractive medium-sized tree with a short trunk and widespreading crown. The glossy dark green leaves turn ino an attractive yellowish colour in the Autumn months.
Botanical Name:
Afzelia quanzensis
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The light red-brown wood of the pod mahogany is hard and has a good grain. It has been used for building, making plywood, furniture, panelling and for flooring. Traditionally the wood is used for making dugout canoes and grain stamping mortars.
Silver clusterleaf / Vaalboom
Silver clusterleaf / VaalboomThe silver clusterleaf has a spreading crown with horizontal branches. The bark is grey and deeply fissured. The grey-green leaves are clustered at branch ends and are covered in shiny, silvery hairs, making the whole tree look silvery from a distance.
Botanical Name:
Terminalia sericea
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Terminalia sericea is important in traditional medicine. The leaves and roots are boiled in water and the infusion is taken orally for the treatment of coughs, diarrhoea and stomach ache. The leaves can be used as an antibiotic for wounds. In the case of bleeding, a paste can be made by cooking the leaves in water and placing them on the wounds.
False buffalo thorn / Vals buffeldoring
False buffalo thorn / Vals buffeldoring
False buffalo thorn / Vals buffeldoring
False buffalo thorn / Vals buffeldoringA thornless, upright tree with dark green leaves. Flocks of birds are attracted by the yellow berries, which ripen at the end of summer. The tree can also be used as a windbreaker.
Botanical Name:
Ziziphus rivularis
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Ziziphus mucronata, or as it is more frequently known, the wag-‘n-bietjie tree is said to represent life as we know it. The young twigs are zigzag, indicating that life is not always straightforward. Two thorns at the nodes are also significant; one facing backward represents where we come from and one facing forward, represents where we are going.
Weepingboerbean / Huilboerboon
Weepingboerbean / HuilboerboonA handsome tree with a wide-spreading, rounded crown, and bright red, nectar-filled flowers in spring and early summer that attract many birds and insects. It is easy to grow and makes a good shade tree or specimen tree.
Botanical Name:
Schotia brachypetala
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Not only is Schotia brachypetala an exceptional ornamental tree, it also has a number of other uses: A decoction of the bark is taken to treat heartburn and hangovers.
