The Coral Trees have definitely decided it is spring and are putting on a splendid display at the moment. Lots of other plants have braved the relatively cool nights and have started flowering as can be seen below.
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| Abrus precatorus fruit cluster |
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| Acalypha glandulifolia |
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| Acrolophia cochlearis |
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| Agathosma ovata |
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| Albuca setosa |
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| Aloe maculata |
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| Asclepias albens |
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| Berkheya insignis |
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| Berkheya speciosa |
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| Berkheya umbellata |
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| Burchellia bubalina |
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| Callilepis laureola |
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| Callilepis leptophylla |
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| Capparis tomentosa |
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| Chamaecrista comosa |
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| Crinum moorei |
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| Crinum moorei |
The above photo and the text below were contributed by Mbali Mkhize from the CREW office in Durban.
Crinum moorei commonly known as Umnduze or Natal
Lily grows in damp, marshy areas, in shade, near stream in coastal areas. It is
distributed in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, ranging from Wild coast, and
coastal KZN as far North as Ngome. The Plant grows up to 1.6 m; the bulb is almost 190 mm diameter. Leaves are narrow, bright green,
midrib thickened, margins slightly wavy. Flowers 5−10 in flower stalk, white to pale pink, strongly scented
at night. It flowers from September to January. C. moorei is distinguished from all other Crinums, the
neck of the bulb is made of thickened and hardened leaf bases, forming a false
stem, leafy only at the apex; leaves do not die back and grow out again the
following year with truncated apex. Segments of flowers do not from the usual
narrow funnel but are more spreading when opens and not keeled dorsally with a
deeper colored band. C. moorei
is generally used as a traditional medicine for urinary tract infections and to
treat cattle.
If you have seen this plant, please contact Suvarna Parbhoo, CREW
programme: KZN Node Manager s.parbhoo@sanbi.org.za
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| Cycnium adonense |
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| Cycnium tubulosum |
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| Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus |
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| Diospyros lycioides |
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| Disa similis |
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| Dombeya tiliaceus |
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| Drimia altissima |
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| Eriosema dregei |
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| Eriosema saligna |
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| Eulophia clitellifera |
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| Eulophia ensata (white form) |
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| Eulophia (Orthochilus) foliosa |
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| Eulophia parviflora (short spur form) |
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| Euphorbia natalensis |
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| Euryops brevipapposus |
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| Gladiolus longicollis |
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| Gladiolus wilsonii |
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| Gnidia baurii |
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| Gnidia phaeotricha |
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| Gnidia woodii |
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| Graderia scabra |
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| Gymnosporia buxifolia |
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| Hebenstretia dura |
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| Helichrysum ecklonis |
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| Hewittia malabarica |
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| Hibiscus pedunculatus |
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| Kiggelaria africana |
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| Kniphofia coddiana |
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| Kohautia amatymbica |
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| Ledebouria cooperii |
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| Ledebouria ovatifolia subsp. ovatifolia |
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| Ledebouria revoluta |
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| Leobordea corymbosa |
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| Lotononis bachmanniana (normal form) |
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| Lotononis bachmanniana (Oribi form) |
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| Lotononis lotonioides |
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| Ludwigia octovalvis |
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| Moraea stricta |
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| Muraltia lancifolia |
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| Nemesia denticulata |
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| Notobubon laevigatum |
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| Ocimum obovatum subsp. obovatum var. galpinii |
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| Ocimum obovatum subsp. obovatum var. galpinii |
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| Othonna natalensis |
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| Oxalis smithiana |
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| Rapanea melanophloeos |
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| Raphionacme galpinii |
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| Rothmannia globosa (September bells- calendar running a little fast!) |
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| Satyrium longicauda |
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| Scadoxus puniceus bud |
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| Scilla natalensis (Merwilla plumbea) |
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| Senecio heliopsis |
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| Senecio speciosus |
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| Smilax anceps (leg ripper) |
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| Thesium pallidum |
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| Triglochin milnei |
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| Tritonia gladiolaris |
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| Turraea floribunda |
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| Wahlenbergia madagascariensis |
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| Watsonia mtamvunae, a rare endemic species |
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| Wurmbea kraussii |
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| Xysmalobium involucratum |
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| Zanthoxylum capense |
