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Sweet thorn
Soetdoring
(Acacia karroo) |
An evergreen tree that growns up to twenty meters
tall. Contains thorns that are elongated and abundant on young trees.
The young leaves are relished in spring by kudu and Impala. During
January to May it produces sickle-shaped pods. Produces deep-yellow
round flowers during October to February. The flowers attracts
lots of insects which in turn attracts a wide variety of
insect-eating birds. |
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Fever tree
Koorsbook
(Acacia xanthophloes) |
A semi-deciduous to deciduous tree
that grows up to thirty meters tall. The bark is a very distinct
lemon- to greenish yellow that becomes powdery.
Produces bright-yellow, sweetly scented round flowers
during September to November. During January to April it
produces thin non-spliting brown pods.
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Bush-willow
Raasblaar
(Combrentum zeyheri) |
A deciduous tree that grows up to
fifteen meters tall. The bark is a smooth grey to scaly and fissured
on older trees. Produces yellowish
sessile strong-scented flowers during August to November.
During February to October it produces fruit in clusters that are
initially green and later turns light-brown to reddish-brown. The
fruit have a very distinct shape with 4 large wings. Giraffe and
kudu eat the leaves and young branches. Baboons and hornbills eat
the ripe fruit kernel.
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White stinkwood
Witstinkhout
(Celtis Africana) |
A large deciduous tree that grows up
to forty meters tall. The bark is a smooth pale-grey that sometimes
contains horizontal ridges. Produces
yellowish green sessile flowers in dense bundles during August to
October. During October to February it produces small yellow
round fruit. The leaves and young branches are eaten in
by kudu, Impal and duiker. The fruit are eaten by baboons and
monkeys. It is a popular tree for fruit-eating birds. |
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Paper-barked thorn
Paperbasdoring
(Acacia sieberriana woodii) |
A semi-deciduous to deciduous tree
that grows up to eighteen meters tall with a large flat crown.
The bark is light brown to yellowish and corky that peels off.
During September to November it produces cream coloured scented
round flowers. During March to October it produces creamy
brown pods. The leaves are eaten by giraffes. |
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Cape ash
Essenhout
(Ekebergia capensis) |
An evergreen tree that growns up to twenty meters
tall with a round crown.
The bark is smooth grey.
Produces small white scented flowers from September
to December. During November to April it produces fruit round
fruit that are initially green and later turns red when mature.
The fruit are eaten by baboons, monkeys bushpig and Nyala. The
tree attracts a large number of fruit-eating birds such as hornbills,
bulbuls and barbets. |
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Wild peach
Wildeperske
(Kiggelaria africana) |
A semi-deciduous to evergreen tree
that grows up to twenty meters tall. The bark is grey-brown to
dark brown and flaky on older branches. During August to
January it produces flowers of yellowish green sepals and petals.
During February to July it produces round woody capsules that later
splits to reveal black seeds with a reddish orange covering. The
tree attracts many fruit-eating bird species such as shrikes,
starlings and mousebirds. |
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Tree Wisteria
Vanwykshout
(Bolusanthus speciosus) |
A deciduous tree that grows up to
eighteen meters tall. The bark is a dark grey to blackish brown and
deeply grooved on older trees. Produces
scented mauve to violet coloured flowers in long drooping
bunchesduring August to January. During September to March it
produces narrow non-spliting grey-brown pods that hangs in clusters.
Giraffe and gemsbok eat the leaves.
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