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Salix caprea – Goat willow – Pussy willow

Known as the Goat willow or Pussy willow, Salix caprea is a tree native to… Read More »Salix caprea – Goat willow – Pussy willow

Named after a South African botanist and banker E. E Galpin, Bauhinia galpinii is native to Angola,… Read More »Bauhinia galpinii – Pride of de Kaap – Vlam-van-die-Vlakte

Salix mucronata is a tall, semi-deciduous to evergreen tree that has an open crown and slightly drooping branches. It… Read More »Salix mucronata – Cape willow – Kaapse Wilger – Munengeledzi

The Monkey thorn is one of the largest Acacias, this beautiful single-stemmed deciduous tree is fast growing and can reach a mature height of 30m when growing… Read More »Acacia galpinii/Senegalia galpinii/Monkey thorn/Apiesdoring/Molopa

The genus Searsia was named after a highly qualified American ecologist Paul B. Sears. The epithet pyroides was derived… Read More »Searsia pyroides – Common wild currant – Gewone taaibos – Mutasiri

The Karee is low maintenance evergreen tree with a loose rounded crown. On higher altitudes,… Read More »Searsia lancea – Karee – Rooikaree – Mosinabele

Anthocleista grandiflora is an evergreen striking tree with a tall straight trunk topped with a crown of huge… Read More »Anthocleista grandiflora – Forest-fever tree – Boskoorsboom – Mophala

Known as the Goat willow or Pussy willow, Salix caprea is native to Europe, Western and central… Read More »Salix caprea – Goat willow – Pussy willow

A beautiful semi-deciduous tree with an open rounded crown. In South Africa, Philenoptera violacea is… Read More »Philenoptera violacea – Apple leaf – Appelblaar

As we get ready for spring tree planting we would like to remind each other… Read More »Vachellia karoo – Sweet thorn – Soetdoring – Umunga