Contains poisonous milky latex and poisonous berries. Used medicinally.
Fruit pulp makes refreshing drink high in Vitamin C, medicinal, leaves cooked as spinach.
It occurs naturally in very cold grasslands and makes a good garden subject.
It is impressive in mass planting or borders along flowerbeds and paths.
Provincial tree of Natal, wood used for turning, poles for hut building, bark is medicinal.
Flaked roots in a bath eases aches and pains, edible fruit, medicinal.
Leaves boiled as spinach, poles for hut building, fish kraals and furniture.
Flowers cooked in stews, juice from the leaf for burns and sunburn.
Yellow daisies all year, hardy groundcover, prevents soil erosion, lawn substitute.
Oldest and best known medicinal plant, essential oil distilled.
Mass plant under trees, informal borders, prune back after flowering.
White flowers attract sunbirds and butterflies, grows in poor soil.
Browsed by game, bark eaten by porcupine, edible berries, medicinal, strong muti against evil spirits.
Graceful tree, the name means beautiful, medicinal, excellent wood.
Twisted fan shaped leaves are distinctive, medicinal, poisonous. Protected plant.
Early settlers used the ash to make soap. Zulu diviners use stems and roots to communicate with their ancestors. Wood used for carving.
Stunning in flower, but is frost tender and needs to be pruned in Winter.
Edible fruit, hard wood used for fencing posts and tools.
Fruits are eaten raw, processed into jam or used in oriental cooking, leaves are medicinal.
Edible fruit, brown dye from the bark, medicinal, hard wood for household items.
Wood used for furniture, unpleasant smell when first cut hence common name, magical.
Medicinal - used to treat cancer, to aid the memory. Leaves are eaten as spinach.
Lovely climber, pretty in flower and seed. Medicinal and a good luck charm.
Leaves are rubbed onto hands and face to repel bees when collecting honey, poles for hut building, medicinal.
Edible fruit. Lovely shrubby tree for an informal border, medicinal.
Medicinal uses for toothache and earache, grey leaves are distinctive.
Medicinal uses, scattered orange leaves, drooping habit, perfume from the leaves.
Thick stem and attractive, drooping grey leaves. The thick tuberous roots are peeled and eaten raw as an emergency food or as a source of water, medicinal.
Decorative, lovely form plant with bright Green leaves crowded at the tips of the branches.
EverGreen tree with a single stem and sparsely branched crown.
Masses of very showy fragrant pink, pom-pom like flowers, bark woven and used for rope.
Attractive garden plant, a good container plant for indoors. Traditionally the seeds are used to make soap, the leaves eaten as spinach and the roots used medicinally.
Flat growing carpet of pink, perfect for a townhouse garden, hanging baskets.
Showy groundcover in shades of white, pink. Good to interplant with Watsonias. Used as a pot herb.
Durable hard wood, leaves, roots and bark are used medicinally, firewood.
White flowers have mauve under the petals and a dark blue centre. Striking in flower. Mass plant for effect.
Creeping daisy which covers banks quickly. Striking in flower and pretty cascading over rocks.
One of the most widely distributed plants in South Africa, roots produce brown dye, medicinal.
Fire resistant, upright tree, bark for rope and flowers are a love potion, medicinal.
Fruit is sour, but tasty and used for jelly and jam making, grown worldwide as a hedge.
Branches used for bows and fishing baskets, strong wood, medicinal and magical. Edible fruit.
Lives about 10 years, then flowers and dies, stems are eaten.
Cape Snowbush essential oil produced from this plant, medicinal and culinary value.
Sap is very poisonous, medicinal, striking structural plant.
Interesting, rugged looking, magnificent, brilliant red flowers.
Stems and roots peeled and eaten, medicinal value, attractive foliage.
Lovely drooping habit, excellent garden subject, medicinal and magical. Edible fruit.
Edible fruits used for jam and jelly, bark is medicinal and produces pink dye, timber for furniture.
Looks stunning next to a pond or water feature in damp conditions.
Very pretty flower, plant at the back of a bed as it can become leggy.
Attracts bees, browsed by game, medicinal, poisonous roots.
Flowers profusely when nothing else is in flower. Undemanding, prune back at the end of Winter.
Good street tree or on a lawn, leaves produce a lather, medicinal, wood for furniture.
Soil stabiliser, thatching, used for paper, fuel and rhizomes eaten.
Green red foliage that turns red from mid Summer to mid Winter. Highly sought after ornamental grass.
Medicinal and magical, street tree in Africa and Australia, stunning in flower.
Street tree with attractive fruit, wood for furniture, medicinal. Attracts the Garden Acraea butterfly.
Plant on a lawn, wood used for building and mealie stumpers, medicinal and magical.
Glossy dark Green leaves, occurs along streams, wood used to make fire by friction.
Floating fern which covers and provides shade and protection for fish.
Lush looking blue Green leaves, very dramatic in flower, medicinal uses.
Widespread, common grass which is beautiful in flower. Nesting material for birds.
Unusual in flower and loved by the sunbirds and butterflies, undemanding.
Beautiful in flower and in seed, treatment for worms, beautiful dark brown wood for furniture.
Twigs used as toothbrushes. Beautiful bark is used as an insecticide and fish poison, leaves used to bleach hair. Medicinal.
It has been adopted by the landscaping trade, perhaps for its versatility. Soapy lather made from the leaves.
Edible fruit, protected in South Africa, medicinal, fine wood for turning.
Spreads rapidly, often used by landscapers to cover banks and excellent for mass planting with Aloes.
Delicate flowering stems with creamy coloured seeds. Clump forming grass. A must in a bird garden with ponds and grassland.
Good for baldness and ringworm, fruit for jam, seeds for oil, also used to make soap.
Masses of white flowers in December make it a stunning sight, edible fruit.
Protected in South Africa, fruit edible and highly nutritious, leaves for baskets and mats, sap trapped for wine making.
Rhizomes are eaten, hollow stems are pipes and musical instruments, seeds make ointment for burns.
Strong smell of potatoes in Spring, medicinal value, fruit produces black dye.
In 1976 made SA National Tree, need a permit to cut down, Christmas tree, it has the smallest leaves but grows to be the tallest.
Has long hanging leaves and is the most popular Yellowwood.
Edible fruit, host to epiphytic orchids, beautiful wood for furniture.
Leaves browsed by game and eaten by children, controls soil erosion.
Attractive for large gardens. International medicinal value – France and Italy.
Good near fish ponds, medicinal, glossy leaves used in beer and wine making, protects against lightening.
Cover a trellis or use in a hanging basket. Has 3 to 5 long leaves resembling fingers.
Edible fruit. Lovely shrubby tree for an informal border, medicinal.
Flowers scented even when dry, medicinal, decorative, wood utilised.
Mass plant for a dramatic effect. Many medicinal uses.
Beautiful mass planted under trees, red seeds follow, poisonous bulb, medicinal.
Bark used to make sangomas red dye, to ward off evil, strikingly beautiful in flower. Seeds roasted and eaten.
Fruit eaten and used for wine making, seed for producing oil for cooking, moisturiser, baby oil, bark produces a pink-red dye, timber.
Protected in South Africa, toxic fumes from the wood used in a fire causes severe illness, milky latex is poisonous, wood for furniture.
Beautiful red||brown wood, many medicinal uses, bark produces orange dye and the fruits a purple dye.
Edible fruit, latex for bird lime and stops bleeding, medicinal roots.
Wood used for musical instruments, medicinal, controls soil erosion.
Beautiful bright Green foliage, edible fruit. A must for a bird garden. Prune back in Winter. Medicinal uses.
Rhizomes are used for meal, medicinal, leaves for brooms, weaving and thatching.
Fruit is used to distil brandy and is edible, roots medicinal, considered unlucky so the wood is not used.
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