South African Plants

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Nope. Never heard of it. I have a few in pots but have never come across it being used as a medicinal plant. I guess my understanding of "widely used in SA" as medicinal medicine are a bit different from the authors'. I'm not saying it is not used but definitely not in my area.

 

That area is however well known for traditional medicine usage.

OK, taking a back check. Eucomis is what we call the pineapple lilly. Very pretty flower. I have one in a pot and will try and get a picture when it flowers.

 

Well it is time I hijack M's thread and show a few SA species of flowers. See my album at http://scienceforums...display__detail

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So is this thread dead, or what?

 

OK, with most of you in the mids of winter I assume flowers is not too high on the priority list, but then there is always flowers from elsewhere.

 

There are a few members who know a little bit about the South African floral splendor, or rather the flowers of the Cape Floristic Kingdom. The CFK is the smallest of the 6 floral kingdoms recognized in the world and is blessed with a extreme diversity of species of which 69% are endemic.

 

The area is about 46 000 sq Km and has over 9000 species. Table Mountain (Cape Town) has more species than the whole of the UK. Of the genus Erica the CFK has over 600 species, where the rest of the world has 26 species. For more info read this wikipedia page.

 

To illustrate some of this splendor I have posted a number of images to a public album on Facebook. So have a look here and enjoy my garden in nature.

 

PS: Please let my know per PM if you have difficulty in viewing the FB album.