RESEARCH CENTRE
info@ researchlimpopo.com
Trees of the Mogalakwena Reserves

SA no.    Spermatophytes (seed-bearing plants)
               Angiosperms (flowering plants)
                 Anthophyta/Magnoliophyta

                 Liliopsida (monocotyledons)

                   Arecaceae (Palmae) (palm family)
24                  Hyphaene petersiana - northern lala palm

                   Aloaceae (aloe family)
29.5 30.6         Aloe marlothii - mountain aloe

                 Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)

                   Olacaceae (sourplum family)
103 103.1        Ximenia caffra - sour plum

                   Capparaceae (caper family)
122                 Boscia albitrunca - shepherds-tree
125                 Boscia foetida rehmanniana - Bushveld shepherds-tree

                   Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (legume or pod-bearing family)

                   Mimosoideae (acacia subfamily)
155                 Albizia harveyi - Bushveld albizia
161                 Acacia burkei - black monkey thorn
172                 Acacia karroo - sweet thorn
178                 Acacia nigrescens - knob thorn
184.1              Acacia schweinfurthii var. schweinfurthii - river climbing thorn
185                 Acacia senegal var. leiorachis - slender three-hook thorn
187.1              Acacia stuhlmannii - vlei thorn
188 188.1        Acacia tortillis - umbrella thorn
159                 Faidherbia albida - Ana-tree
190 190.1        Dichrostachys cinerea - sickle-bush

                   Caesalpinioideae (cassia and musasa subfamily)
202                 Schotia brachypetala - weeping boer-bean
212                 Cassia abbreviata - long-tail cassia
215                 Peltophorum africanum - African-wattle

                   Papilionoideae (Faboideae) (pea subfamily)
238                 Philenoptera violacea - apple-leaf

                   Kirkiaceae (kirkia family)
267                 Kirkia acuminata - white kirkia

                   Burseraceae (myrrh family)
285.1              Commiphora glandulosa - tall firethorn corkwood
280                 Commiphora mollis - velvet-leaved corkwood
283                 Commiphora neglecta - sweet-root corkwood

                   Euphorbiaceae (euphorbia family)
329                 Croton megalobotrys - fever-berry

                   Anacardiaceae (mango family)
360                 Sclerocarya birrea - marula
363 363.1        Lannea schweinfurthii - false-marula

                   Celastraceae (spike-thorn family)
399                 Gymnosporia buxifolia - common spikethorn

                   Rhamnaceae (buckthorn and jujube family)
447                 Ziziphus mucronata - buffalo-thorn

                   Tiliaceae (jute and linden family)
458                 Grewia bicolor - white-leaved raisin
459.1              Grewia flava - velvet raisin
459.2              Grewia flavescens - sandpaper raisin
462                 Grewia monticola - grey raisin
463.3              Grewia villosa - mallow raisin

                   Bombacaceae (baobab family)
467                 Adansonia digitata - baobab

                   Sterculiaceae (cocoa and cola family)
477                 Sterculia rogersii - star-chestnut

                   Combretaceae (combretum family)
532 532.1        Combretum apiculatum - red bushwillow
536                 Combretum erythrophyllum - river bushwillow
539                 Combretum imberbe - leadwood
550                 Terminalia prunoides - purple-pod cluster-leaf

                   Buddlejaceae (buddleja family)
635                 Nuxia oppositifolia - water nuxia

                   Boraginaceae (borage family)
654                 Cordia ovalis - satin-bark saucer-berry

                   Bignoniaceae (jacaranda family)
676.3              Catophractes alexandri - trumphet-thorn
676                 Rhigozum zambesiacum - mopane rhigozum
678                 Kigelia africana - sausage-tree

                   Rubiaceae (gardenia and coffee family)
691 691.1        Gardenia volkensii - bushveld gardenia