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Merwillia plumbea (was Scilla natalensis)
Blue Squill
Medicinal value. Stunning in flower.Read more -
Acokanthera oppositifolia
Bushmans Poison
Contains poisonous milky latex and poisonous berries. Used medicinally.Read more -
Aloe now Aloidendron barberae (bainesii)
Tree Aloe, Wildedadelboom
Largest of all the Aloes, is an ideal form plant,…Read more -
Plectranthus ciliatus
Speckled Spurflower
Formerly used to wash sheepskin garments.Read more -
Polygala fruticosa
Heart-Leaved Polygala
Attracts birds and butterfliesRead more -
Philenoptera violacea (Lonchocarpus capassa)
Apple-Leaf
Plant on a lawn, wood used for building and mealie…Read more -
Mentha longifolia
Wild Spearmint
Fragrant leaves. likes marshy places.Read more -
Deinbollia oblongifolia
Dune Soap-Berry
Attractive garden plant, a good container plant for indoors. Traditionally…Read more -
Clausena anisata
Horsewood
Medicinal and magical, leaves used to flavour curry.Read more -
Freylinia tropica
Blue Honeybell Bush
Undemanding plant that is great pruned as a formal hedge.Read more -
Vachellia xanthophloea (Acacia xanthophloea)
Fever Tree
Medicinal bark, edible gum, timber for boxwood.Read more -
Cotyledon orbiculata
Pigs Ears
Medicinal uses for toothache and earache, grey leaves are distinctive.Read more