Indigenous trees for indoor pots
Indigenous trees for indoor pots
- Olea europaea subsp. africana – VERY happy indoors
- Vepris lanceolata – VERY happy indoors
- Dracaena aletriformis – VERY happy indoors
Indigenous trees for indoor pots
TALL TREES
Acacia sieberiana - large and fast, deciduous
Acacia xanthophloea –large and fast, deciduous
Acacia galpinii and Acacia karoo – up to 10m
Celtis Africana – white stinkwood – deciduous- up to 25m
Harpephyllum caffrum – wild plum evergreen – up to 25m
Kiggelaria africana – wild peach - evergreen – up to 15m tall with a wide canopy
Millettia grandis – umzimbeet – deciduous- 25m
Mimusops zeyheri – Tvl red milkwood – evergreen- 12m rounded crown
Evergreen Small Trees
Apodytes dimidiate White Pear
Bauhinia tomentosa Yellow Tree Bauhinia
Buddleja auriculata Weeping Sage
Buddleja saliga False Olive
Calpurnia aurea Wild Laburnum
Dodonaea angustifolia Sand Olive
Dovyalis caffra Kei Apple
Dyschoriste thunbergiflora Purple Bells
Freylinia tropcia Honeybell Bush
Halleria lucida Tree Fuchsia
This list will be useful if you need to rehabilitate a game farm.
It will also make your next trip to a wilderness area more interesting
as you observe what the game are eating.
We have not listed the grass species.
Acacia burkei – Leaves browsed by black rhino, elephant, giraffe, kudu, nyala, impala, steenbuck and grey duiker. Pods by game and bushbabies. Gum by monkeys.
Acacia caffra – considered a good fodder tree, utilized by black rhino.