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• Acacia xanthophloea
  ...</ref> It has also become a landscape tree in other warm climates, outside of its natural range. ...nds of the branches. These trees produce fruits in the form of pods. These trees also grow "sacrificial limbs" which appear as dead branches where unwanted
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• Olea
  ...], native to warm temperate and tropical regions of southern [[Europe]], [[Africa]], southern [[Asia]] and [[Australasia]]. They are [[evergreen]] [[tree]]s ...an inhabitant of [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], is important in [[South Africa]].
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• Abutilon longicuspe
  |origin=East Africa, Ethiopia, Eritrea & Sudan In East Africa various species of Abutilon are grown from cuttings or by layering (Jex-Blake 1957). The plant
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• Nathusia
  ...1760-1838, Prussian plantsman). Oleaceae. Four trees of India and tropical Africa seldom cult., for which see Schrebera. *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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• Fraxinus angustifolia
  |image_caption=Foliage of subsp. ''oxycarpa'' ...nus angustifolia'']</ref><ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref>
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• Ficus natalensis
  ...e trees are distributed from [[KwaZulu-Natal]] in [[South Africa]] to east Africa. <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 078941943
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• Prosopis
  ...he screw bean, two forage plants of considerable value in the arid regions of southern California and the Southwest. ...eous and indehiscent. — About 25 species, tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
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• Afrocarpus falcatus
  ...ative to montane forests of [[South Africa]], from [[Swellendam]] District of [[Western Cape Province]] to [[Limpopo Province]], and into southern [[Moza ...road. [[Pollen]] cones and [[conifer cone|seed cones]] are found on trees of different gender. The [[conifer cone|seed cones]] are highly modified, with
  3 KB (379 words) - 01:43, 4 February 2011
• Ficus lutea
  ...se trees occur from the [[Eastern Cape]] of [[South Africa]] to [[Tropical Africa]]. ...ed, almost globos, pubescent. Natal and Zululand.—Used for the manufacture of native cloth and rough cordage.
  2 KB (347 words) - 17:23, 26 July 2010
• Adansonia digitata
  ...Peninsula]], [[Asia]]. This tree was found recently in India in the states of [[Andhra Pradesh]] (although this claim is disputed)<ref>{{cite web|title=[ ...ed areas, with some large individuals living to well over a thousand years of age.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Varmah |first= J. C. |last2= Vaid |first2= K
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• Kola nut
  ...[[South America]]n genus ''Theobroma'' ([[Cacao]]). They are [[evergreen]] trees, growing to 20 m tall, with glossy ovoid [[leaf|leaves]] up to 30 cm long. ...the kola nut can also lead to stained teeth. Among the urban youth of West Africa, kola nut is becoming less popular.
  4 KB (618 words) - 05:44, 7 May 2010
• Adansonia
  ...mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it is not a native of that island. ...he stoutest tree now is [[Sunland Baobab]], also in South Africa. Diameter of this tree is 10.64 m, approximate circumference - 33.4 metres.
  4 KB (587 words) - 02:08, 4 November 2010
• Toona ciliata
  |image_caption=Small specimen of ''Toona ciliata'' ...ecorded ''T. ciliata'' tree in Australia grew near Nulla Nulla Creek, west of [[Kempsey, New South Wales]] and was felled in 1883<ref>http://www.colongwi
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• Balsamocitrus
  Balsamocitrus (Latin, balsamum, balsam, and citrus). Rutaceae, tribe Citreae. Trees; usually spiny, suggested as stocks for citrous fruits; as yet scarcely kno ...ocotyl very short, the cotyledons remaining near or just above the surface of the ground. The first foliage Lvs. are opposite, lanceolate or ovate.—Thr
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• Strelitzia
  ...nce of its flowers to the [[Birds of paradise|bird of paradise]]. In South Africa it is commonly known as a '''crane flower'''. ...]]s, which use the spathe as a perch when visiting the flowers; the weight of the bird on the spathe opens it to release the [[pollen]] onto the bird's f
  5 KB (689 words) - 20:14, 18 June 2010
• Acacia mearnsii
  ...Afrikaans]]), '''''Uwatela''''' ([[Zulu]]). This plant is now known as one of the worst [[invasive species]] in the world.<ref>[http://www.issg.org/datab ...of Interest in Environmental Management: Estimating the Costs and Benefits of a Tree Invasion, Biological Invasions: 3 167 - 178.</ref>
  3 KB (414 words) - 01:14, 21 July 2010
• Kigelia
  ...cle or cord often several ft. long, making very striking objects. In parts of Afr. this tree, or possibly a related species, is said to be held sacred; a ...ropical [[Africa]] from [[Eritrea]] and [[Chad]] south to northern [[South Africa]], and west to [[Senegal]] and [[Namibia]].
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• Ochna
  ...lants''', a name coming from the shape of the drupelet [[fruit]]. The name of this genus comes from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''Ochne'', a word used by [[ Ochna (old Greek name for a wild pear, which some of these plants were thought to resemble in foliage). Ochnaceae. Glasshouse wo
  4 KB (559 words) - 19:30, 22 February 2010
• Schotia
  .... It belongs to the sub family [[Caesalpinioideae]]. It occurs in southern Africa. ...n of Jacquin during his travels in America, 1754-1759). Leguminosae. Small trees or unarmed shrubs, suitable for greenhouse-growing.
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• Asplenium nidus
  ...ork|GRIN]] |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]], [[Agricultural Research Service|ARS]], National Genetic ...as they brown and create a massive leaf nest in the branches and trunks of trees.
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