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  • Kniphofia uvaria (category Flora of Africa)
    color of its inflorescence. The leaves are reminiscent of a lily, and the flowerhead can reach up to 5 feet in height. There are many varieties of torch...
    5 KB (106 words) - 22:52, 5 January 2013
  • Veronica arvensis (category Flora of Africa)
    Speedwell, Wall Speedwell ) is an medicinal plant and noxious weed native to Africa, Asia and Europe . Veronica arvensis at USDA PLANTS Database Veronica arvensis...
    1 KB (50 words) - 11:33, 29 April 2007
  • Lamium amplexicaule (category Flora of Africa)
    (Henbit Deadnettle, Greater Henbit) is a species of Lamium native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. It is a low-growing annual plant growing to...
    2 KB (182 words) - 10:47, 14 April 2007
  • Podocarpus latifolius (redirect from South African podocarpus) (category Flora of South Africa)
    Podocarpaceae; it is the type species of the genus Podocarpus. It is native to the moister southern and eastern areas of South Africa, from coastal Western Cape Province...
    2 KB (181 words) - 17:16, 31 October 2007
  • Searsia lancea (redirect from African sumac) (category Flora of South Africa)
    gardens, parks and pavements and is one of the most common trees on the Highveld and in the Bushveld in South Africa, but not found in the Lowveld. It favours...
    2 KB (317 words) - 04:18, 30 August 2009
  • Jateorhiza calumba (category Flora of Africa)
    Template:Unreferenced Jateorhiza calumba is a perennial climbing plant from East Africa. Template:Ranunculales-stub...
    571 bytes (15 words) - 13:34, 4 August 2007
  • Cussonia paniculata (category Flora of South Africa)
    Cussonia spicata is a large (up to 5m in height) evergreen tree native to South Africa. The leaf is used ethnomedically to treat dysmenorrhea. http://www.plantzafrica...
    767 bytes (31 words) - 06:14, 12 November 2007
  • Cussonia spicata (category Flora of South Africa)
    southern Africa and into tropical Africa. It is cultivated as a garden plant and can reach a height of 15 meters. It does not tolerate extreme degrees of frost...
    2 KB (126 words) - 06:14, 12 November 2007
  • Canary grass (category Flora of Africa)
    seed is employed in the manufacture of fine cotton goods and silk stuffs. In the Canary Islands, Italy and North Africa, it is used as food. The species growth...
    2 KB (277 words) - 05:17, 8 July 2007
  • Scolopia oreophila (category Flora of South Africa)
    species of plant in the Flacourtiaceae family. It is endemic to South Africa. Hilton-Taylor, C. et al. 1998. Scolopia oreophila. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened...
    908 bytes (40 words) - 07:33, 14 November 2007
  • Fonio (category Flora of Africa)
    savannas of west Africa. Fonio is the smallest of all species of millet. It is one of the primary cereals of southern Sudan and Ethiopia in Africa. According...
    3 KB (426 words) - 04:18, 14 July 2007
  • Rhus leptodictya (category Flora of South Africa)
    in Afrikaans, and Mohlwehlwe in Sotho. An evergreen tree reaching a height of 5 metres and a similar spread, it is drought resistant but only semi frost...
    1 KB (111 words) - 13:27, 3 August 2007
  • Barleria obtusa (category Flora of South Africa)
    in the summer rainfall region of South Africa. It is widely cultivated as a decorative garden shrub. In tropical Africa, the leaves are cooked as a vegetable...
    1 KB (74 words) - 14:16, 30 August 2007
  • Rooibos (category Flora of Africa)
    South Africa and since about 2002 or so, has gained considerable momentum in the worldwide market. There are now (as of late 2007) a growing number of brand-name...
    6 KB (752 words) - 11:39, 3 November 2007
  • Rhus pendulina (category Flora of South Africa)
    C Palgrave, 1984. Trees of Southern Africa ISBN 0 86977 081 0 van Wyk & van Wyk, 1997. Field Guide to the Trees of South Africa ISBN 1 86825 922 6 Temp...
    2 KB (222 words) - 13:39, 3 August 2007
  • Date (fruit) (category Flora of Africa) (section History of dates)
    history of cultivation for fruit, its exact native distribution is unknown, but probably originated somewhere in the desert oases of northern Africa, and...
    17 KB (2,202 words) - 17:49, 5 November 2007
  • Kigelia (category Flora of South Africa)
    eds. (1997). Handbook of the Birds of the World 4: 415. Lynx Edicions. Huxley, A., ed. (1992). Kigelia. In The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening 2: 735. Macmillan...
    7 KB (571 words) - 11:16, 30 March 2010
  • Cirsium arvense (category Flora of Europe)
    Thistle, is a very serious invasive species of the genus Cirsium, native throughout Europe, Asia and northern Africa. This plant is cited as a noxious weed...
    3 KB (276 words) - 04:12, 3 May 2007
  • Lathyrus sativus (category Flora of Asia)
    feed in Asia and East Africa. It is a particularly important crop in areas that are prone to drought and famine, and is thought of as an 'insurance crop'...
    3 KB (271 words) - 05:59, 19 July 2007
  • since at least 23.7 to 36.6 million years ago. Examples of the hundreds, if not thousands, of species of Rubus include: Rubus allegheniensis – Allegheny Blackberry...
    31 KB (366 words) - 19:13, 30 December 2009
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