List of Southern African indigenous trees and woody lianes

This is a list of Southern African trees, shrubs, suffrutices, geoxyles and lianes, and is intended to cover Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

Foliage of the Silvertree (Leucadendron argenteum)

The notion of 'indigenous' is of necessity a blurred concept, and is clearly a function of both time and political boundaries. The global distribution of plants useful to humans, or inadvertently transported by them, is closely linked to a mapping of their journeys and settlements, and the movement of species in prehistoric times must be inferred from archaeological and palaeontological remains, centers of diversity, DNA samples and other sources.

Cyatheaceae edit

Blechnaceae edit

Cycadaceae edit

Zamiaceae edit

 
Encephalartos woodii

Podocarpaceae edit

 
Podocarpus latifolius

Cupressaceae edit

Welwitschiaceae edit

Poaceae edit

Pandanaceae edit

Arecaceae edit

Araceae edit

Flagellariaceae edit

Asphodelaceae edit

 
Aloidendron dichotomum
 
Aloidendron pillansii

Asparagaceae edit

 
Dracaena aletriformis

Philesiaceae edit

Smilacaceae edit

Velloziaceae edit

 
Xerophyta retinervis

Musaceae edit

Piperaceae edit

Salicaceae edit

Myricaceae edit

Cannabaceae edit

Moraceae edit

 
Ficus thonningii

Urticaceae edit

Proteaceae edit

 
Brabejum stellatifolium

Santalaceae edit

 
Colpoon compressum

Opiliaceae edit

Olacaceae edit

Polygonaceae edit

Aristolochiaceae edit

Chenopodiaceae edit

Amaranthaceae edit

 
Arthraerua leubnitziae
 
Caliocorema capitata

Nyctaginaceae edit

Phytolaccaceae edit

Aizoaceae edit

Portulacaceae edit

Ranunculaceae edit

Menispermaceae edit

Annonaceae edit

 
Annona senegalensis

Myristicaceae edit

Trimeniaceae (Monimiaceae) edit

Lauraceae edit

 
Ocotea bullata

Hernandiaceae edit

Capparaceae edit

 
Boscia albitrunca

Moringaceae edit

Crassulaceae edit

Montiniaceae edit

Iteaceae edit

Pittosporaceae edit

Cunoniaceae edit

 
Cunonia capensis

Myrothamnaceae edit

Bruniaceae edit

Hamamelidaceae edit

Rosaceae edit

Chrysobalanaceae edit

Connaraceae edit

Mimosaceae edit

 
Albizia adianthifolia
 
Acacia karroo
 
Acacia nigrescens
 
Acacia xanthophloea

Caesalpiniaceae edit

 
Senna petersiana

Fabaceae edit

 
Bolusanthus speciosus

Geraniaceae edit

Linaceae edit

Ixonanthaceae edit

Erythroxylaceae edit

Zygophyllaceae edit

Balanitaceae edit

Rutaceae edit

 
Agathosma betulina
 
Zanthoxylum davyi

Irvingiaceae edit

Simaroubaceae edit

Burseraceae edit

 
Commiphora harveyi

Meliaceae edit

Malpighiaceae edit

Polygalaceae edit

Dichapetalaceae edit

Phyllanthaceae edit

Putranjivaceae edit

Picrodendraceae edit

Euphorbiaceae edit

 
Euphorbia cooperi
 
Euphorbia damarana

Buxaceae edit

Anacardiaceae edit

 
Protorhus longifolia
 
Rhus pendulina

Aquifoliaceae edit

Celastraceae edit

 
Maytenus procumbens
 
Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus
 
Cassine burkeana

Icacinaceae edit

 
Cassinopsis ilicifolia

Sapindaceae edit

Melianthaceae edit

Greyiaceae edit

Rhamnaceae edit

Vitaceae edit

Tiliaceae edit

Malvaceae edit

 
Sterculia murex

Ochnaceae edit

Hypericaceae edit

 
Hypericum revolutum

Clusiaceae (Guttiferae) edit

Dipterocarpaceae edit

Tamaricaceae edit

Canellaceae edit

Violaceae edit

Achariaceae edit

Aphloiaceae edit

Gerrardinaceae edit

Passifloraceae edit

Penaeaceae edit

Thymelaeaceae edit

Lythraceae edit

Lecythidaceae edit

Rhizophoraceae edit

Combretaceae edit

 
Combretum bracteosum
 
Combretum imberbe
 
Terminalia phanerophlebia

Myrtaceae edit

Melastomataceae edit

Araliaceae edit

Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) edit

Curtisiaceae edit

Cornaceae edit

Ericaceae edit

 
Erica canaliculata

Myrsinaceae edit

 
Maesa lanceolata

Sapotaceae edit

Ebenaceae edit

 
Diospyros whyteana

Oleaceae edit

Salvadoraceae edit

Loganiaceae edit

Gentianaceae edit

Stilbaceae edit

Apocynaceae edit

 
Acokanthera oppositifolia
 
Strophanthus speciosus

Convolvulaceae edit

Boraginaceae edit

Verbenaceae edit

Lamiaceae edit

Solanaceae edit

Scrophulariaceae edit

 
Buddleja dysophylla

Bignoniaceae edit

Pedaliaceae edit

Acanthaceae edit

 
Mackaya bella

Rubiaceae edit

Cucurbitaceae edit

Asteraceae edit

 
 
 

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ Common trees of southern Africa WildlifeSafari.info
  2. ^ "Celtis africana". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  • The Plant List (Kew)
  • Tree Atlas of Namibia
  • A Preliminary List of Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Transvaal and Swaziland - J. M. Anderson, P. A. Venter (1977)
  • Trees of Southern Africa - Keith Coates Palgrave (1977)
  • Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa - van Wyk & van Wyk (1997)
  • Trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei - Elsa Pooley (1993)
  • Trees and Shrubs of the Witwatersrand - Tree Society (1964)
  • Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia - F. White (OUP, 1962)