Flora

Tree List

Indigenous Trees & Flowers – Serene Valley

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Key to where trees are growing:

SC – South of Constantia Spruit, Lola Ave Gate to Velddrift St

NC – North of Constantia Spruit, Velddrift St to Serene St bridge

RO – Rocky Outcrops at end of Oostvallei near Kentia St bridge

KK – Koppie behind houses in Kentia St

EM – East of Moreletaspruit, near weir

WM – West of Moreletaspruit, along Gilda St

GW – From Gilda St gate west of Moreletaspruit to Constantia Spruit

S.A. No	Trees	English Name	Afrikaans name	Botanical name	Where found

39		White-stinkwood	Witstinkhout	celtis africana	RO,KK,EM,WM,GW
162		Common Hook Thorn	Gewone Haakdoring	acacia caffra	SC,NC,RO,KK,WM,GW
166		Monkey Acacia	Apiesdoring	acacia galpinii	SC,WM
172		Sweet Thorn	Soetdoring	acacia karroo	SC,NC,KK,EM,WM GW
187		Paperbark Thorn	Papierbasdoring	acacia sieberiana	SC,NC,EM,WM,GW
386		Karee	Karee	searsia lancea (rhus lancea)	SC,NC,KK,WM,GW
392		Common Currant	Gewone Taaibos	searsia pyroides (rhus pyroides)	SC,NC,RO,KK
399		Common Spikethorn	Gewone Pendoring	gymnosporia buxifolia	RO,KK
447		Buffalo-thorn	Blinkblaar-wag-'n-bietjie	ziziphus mucronata	RO,KK,WM
463		Cross-berry	Kruisbessie	Grewia occidentalis	KK
471		Wild-pear	Drolpeer	dombeya rotundifolia	NC,GW
536		River Bushwillow	Riviervaderlandswilg	combretum erythrophyllum	SC,NC,EM,WM,GW
594		Blue Guarri	Bloughwarrie	eucla crispa	RO,KK
617		African Olive	Olienhout	olea europaea	RO
657		Puzzle-bush	Deurmekaarbos	ehretia rigida	RO,KK