Beautiful Five Trees/Shrubs

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Beautiful Five Trees/Shrubs

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Beautiful Five Trees/Shrubs - Flora that pulls at your heart, reminds you how blessed we are to have it around.


Your top list, share it here (Hope Gumps come by here).



* Baobab
* Aloe dichotoma, commonly known as the quiver tree (English) or kokerboom (Afrikaans)
* Umbrella thorn (Acacia tortillis)
* Leadwood (Combretum imberbe)
* Outeniqua Yellowwood trees (those that our "custodians" are harvesting for monetary value).


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I'm not very clued up on trees but these are my favourites:

Wild Fig
Fever Tree
Baobab
Umbrella Thorn


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My favourites are Baobab, Quiver tree, Sausage tree, Coral tree, Shepherd's tree.


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Great favourites, Fluts and Toko. The sausage tree is special.


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You like the sausage tree //\0-- It is special -O -O


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Re: Beautiful Five Trees/Shrubs

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This is a difficult one Poplap, depends on the time of year,and place.

Baobab, without its leaves in winter.
Fever trees, catching the afternoon sun.
Tall Lala palms, growing on islands in the swamps.
Jackalberries, offering shade alongside rivers.
Old Nyala trees, to picnic under at Pafuri.

Cool thread


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Re: Beautiful Five Trees/Shrubs

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Those are my favourite ones:

Baobab
Umbrella Thorn Acacia
Quiver tree
Flamboyant tree


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Fever Tree
Coral tree
Umbrella Thorn
Baobab
Wildfig

Love the big old ones


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My favorite 5 Kruger Trees are :

- Leadwood
- Knobthorn
- Baobab
- Mopani
and this one the Sjambok Pod/Sjambokpeul (Cassia abbreviata) . The bright yellow flowers bloom for 2 weeks in late August and add huge colour to drab winter foliage in Kruger at that time of the year. Kudu cant resist a good meal
Kudu Browzing flowers.jpg


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Re: Beautiful Five Trees/Shrubs

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Different angle. Very interesting


Next trip to the bush??

Let me think......................
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