Table of Contents
Early History of Melville Koppies
Fact
File
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Info |
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East Koppies 10 ha |
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Central 50 ha |
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West 100ha |
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1933 Frans Geldenhuys donated
13 ha to the city |
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Jhb Council bought other
parts in 1942 |
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Proclaimed a nature reserve
in 1959 |
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1963 Iron Age furnace
excavated 600 years old |
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1968 area proclaimed a
National monument |
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2001 National Heritage site |
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2003 wheelchair trail |
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Birds- 200 species recorded |
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Snakes, lizards tortoises |
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Insects. |
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Flora-548 different
species. 54 exotics |
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62 tree species |
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16 shrubs |
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59 grasses |
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411 herbs |
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2 red data plants |
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Nearly 100 research papers |
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School courses for grades 4
and 7 sponsored by Nedbank |
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Clubs and specialist groups |
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Sa Birdlife does ringing
since 1956 |
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African Independent
churches use MK west on Sundays |
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Local walk MK East and West |
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Tourists |
Early
History of Melville Koppies
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Date/ time |
Event |
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3000 mya |
Large inland lake |
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2600 mya |
MK submerged in shallow sea |
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2025 mya |
Meteor struck at Vredefort |
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2000 mya |
Large granite dome intruded |
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1425 mya |
Pilanesburg intrusion |
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700-500 mya |
Volcanic activity |
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Last 500 my |
4 ice ages |
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260 mya |
Large deltas |
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200 mya |
forerunners of crocodiles,
birds and dinosaurs |
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183 mya |
Gondwana crust cracked
formed Drakensberg |
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123 mya |
Gondwanaland split into
continents |
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90 mya |
First flowering plants |
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65 mya |
Sea levels fall, dinosaurs
die |
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26 mya |
Climate became warm and wet |
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23 mya |
Benguela current developed |
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4.5 mya |
Increasing aridity first
hominids grasslands |
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2.8 mya |
Ice sheets spread loss of
arboreal animals |
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2.5 mya |
Early man appears |
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1.6 mya |
Early stone age |
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1.4 mya |
Bifacial tools |
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250 kya |
Middle stone age |
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20 kya |
Late stone age |
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2500 ya |
Iron smelting furnaces |
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600-400 ya |
Settlements on
Klipriviersberg |
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Pre 1900 |
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1827 |
Mzilikatzi settled in
Magaliesberg |
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1836 |
Vegkop |
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1843 |
British annexations |
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1851 |
Gerrit Bezuidenhout applied
for title of farm Braamfontein |
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1852 |
Gold found at Paardekraal |
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1858 |
Granted title transferred
to brother F. J Bezuidenhout |
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1862 |
Farm subdivided into 3
parts about 500 morgen each. Southern portion returned to Gerrit Bezuidenhout |
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1871 |
Southern portion sold
ending up with ZAR Government |
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1884 |
Fred Strubens prospect for
gold |
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1886 |
Eastern part ended up with
Dirk Geldenhuis |
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1887 |
Western portion bought by
Frans and Louw Geldenhuis. Louw Geldenhuis married
Emmarentia Botha |
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1891 |
Further subdivision |
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1895 |
Frans elected to the
Volksraad |
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1902 |
Louw Geldenhuis school
& Langlaagte Kindertehuis |
Plants
of Melville Koppies
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Flowers
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Common
Name |
Scientific
Name |
Other info |
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Aloe davyana |
Aloe davyana |
o
Succulent o
Leaves upper
surface green dotted with whitish spots o
Extensive
stands in overgrazed areas o
winter |
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Ipomoea sinensis |
Ipomoea sinensis |
o
Annual herb
with trailing or twining stem |
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Milkweed |
Asclepias fruticosa |
o
African monarch
butterfly larvae lives on leaves, absorbs poison through the latex. o
Stems contain
fibre used for sewing o
Used in traditional
medicine for chest and stomach problems o
Latex used for
removal of warts o
Seed hairs used
as tinder and to stuff pillows and mattresses |
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Walafrida densiflora |
Walafrida densiflora |
o
perennial
rootstock o
summer |
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Hairy star flower |
Hypoxis hemerocallidea |
o
African potato o
Rhizome used in
traditional medicine |
Grasses
|
Common Name |
Scientific
Name |
Other info |
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Bent Grass |
Agrostis lachnantha |
o
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Black Seed grass |
Alleteropsis semialata |
o
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Stab Grass |
Andropogon schirensis |
o
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Curly leafed three awn
grass |
Aristida aequiglumis |
o
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Spreading three awn |
Aristida congesta sp
barbicollis |
o
Low grazing
value o
Pioneer grass o
Increaser 2 o
Good indicator
of overgrazing o
Penetrates the
wool of sheep and angora decreasing their value |
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Ngongoni three awn grass |
Aristida junciformis |
o
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Mountain three awn grass |
Aristida transvaalensis |
o
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False love grass |
Bewsia biflora |
o
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Black footed signal grass |
Brachiaria nigropedata |
o
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Velvet signal grass |
Brachiaria serrata |
o
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Spider web grass |
Chloris pyncnothrix |
o
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Feather top grass |
Chloris virgata |
o
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Broad leafed turpentine
grass |
Cymbopogon excavatus |
o
low grazing
value o
climax o
increaser 1 o
used in Lesotho
to line baskets to keep rodents away |
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Giant Turpentine Grass |
Cymbopogon plurinodes |
o
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Couch grass |
Cynodon dactylon |
o
High grazing
value o
pioneer o
increaser 2 |
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Brown finger Grass |
Digitaria brazzae |
o
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Finger grass |
Digitaria eriantha |
o
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One fingered grass |
Digitaria monodactyla |
o
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Purple finger grass |
Digitaria tricholaenoides |
o
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Broad leafed bluestem |
Diheteropogon amplectens |
o
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Thread leaved bluestem |
Diheteropogon filifolius |
o
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Shade ehrharta |
Ehrharta erecta |
o
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Wire grass |
Elionurus muticus |
o
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Heart-seed love grass |
Eragrostis capensis |
o
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Narrow leafed love grass |
Eragrostis chloromelas |
o
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Weeping love grass |
Eragrostis curvula |
o
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Gum grass |
Eragrostis gummiflua |
o
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Footpath grass |
Eragrostis psuedosclerantha |
o
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Narrow heart love grass |
Eragrostis racemosa |
o
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Branched love grass |
Eragrostis stapfii |
o
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Common thatching grass |
Hyparrhenia hirta |
o
Average grazing
value o
increaser 1 o
sub climax o
climax o
most popular thatching
grass |
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Blue thatching grass |
Hyparrhenia tamba |
o
low grazing
value o
climax o
increaser 1 |
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Natal red top |
Melinis repens |
o
Low grazing
value o
Pioneer o
Sub climax o
Increaser 2 |
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Boat grass |
Monocymbium ceresiiforme |
o
Relatively
palatable o
Indicative of
sourveld |
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Guinea Grass |
Panicum maximum |
o
Palatable o
Decreaser o
Sub climax o
Climax |
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Red autumn grass |
Schizachyrium sanguineum |
o
Low grazing
value o
Climax grass o
Increaser 1 o
Can be used as
thatching |
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Red Grass |
Themeda triandra |
o
High grazing
value o
Climax grass o
Decreaser o
Good indicator
of veld in healthy condition o
Is resistant to
fire |
Trees
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Common Name |
Scientific
Name |
Other info |
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Ankle Thorn Enkeldoring |
Acacia robusta |
o
Can be used for
yokes o
Wedges to split
other wood o
Under bark used
to make twine o
Bark used for
tanning and treatment of skin ailments o
Steam from
boiled bark inhaled for chest complaints |
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Berg Karee |
Rhus leptodictya |
o
Beer brewed
from fruit o
Medicinal usage o
Sensitive to
severe frost o
Fence posts o
Pick handles
and parts of wagons o
Bowls for
tobacco pipes o
Khoisan made
bows |
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Blue Bush |
Diospyros lycioides |
o
frayed roots
used as toothbrushes o
larval food plant
for butterfly Poecilmitis lycegenes |
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Blue guarri |
Euclea crispa |
o
Branches used
to beat out veld fires o
Bark and leaves
browsed by black rhino. o
Twigs used as
toothbrush o
Bark and fruit
used medicinally o
Root yields dark
brown dye- used in basket weaving |
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Buffalo thorn/
blinkblaarwag-‘n-bietjie |
Ziziphus mucronata |
o
Leaves browsed
by stock and game o
Magic and
medicinal purposes o
Juice used by
San in poison o
Fruit edible
but not tasty o
Wood hard heavy
and fine textured. Suitable for tool handles, spoons and general purpose
timber |
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Highveld Cabbage tree |
Cussonia paniculata |
o
Wood light and
soft. o
Once used as
brake blocks of wagons |
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Common Hookthorn |
Acacia caffra |
o
Leaves and pods
browsed by stock. o
Some medicinal uses o
Butterflies
Deudorix vansoni and D. penningtoni breed in galls on the branches |
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Common resin tree |
Ozoroa paniculosa |
o
Browsed by
elephant and black rhino o
Fruit used for
dying leather o
Resin used for
mending pots |
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Drolpeer/ Wild pear |
Dombeya rotundifolia |
o
Implement
handles, yokes and mine props o
Bark used for
fibre and rope o
Bark root and
wood used medicinally o
Bride of the
Bushveld? o
Infusion of the
bark is used to treat intestinal ulcers. o
Decoction of
the bark used to hasten labour o
Flowers used in
a love potion |
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Fire Thorn |
Rhus pyroides |
o
Roots used for
medicinal purposes o
Parasitised
occasionally with galls o
Fruit edible o
No spines on MK |
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Jacket plum |
Pappea capensis |
o
Heavily browsed
by game and stock o
Fleshy cover of
seeds edible- makes a jam o
Seeds bear oil-
edible, medicinal, soap making |
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Karee |
Rhus lancea |
o
Sexes on
different trees o
Bark used for
tanning o
Branchlets used
to make bows o
Fruit makes
beer |
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Parsley tree |
Heteromorpha trifoliata |
o
Leaves and root
used medicinally o
Smoke from
burning wood also medicinal |
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River bushwillow |
Combretum erythrophyllum |
o
Wood suitable
for general purpose timber o
Carved
household utensils o
Damaged stems
yield a gum for varnish o
Browsed by
giraffe and elephant o
Seeds poisonous? Used to purge dogs of intestinal worms.
Eaten by pied barbets o
Shade tree |
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Sagewood |
Buddlea salviifolia |
o
Leaves browsed
by game o
Heartwood once
used for shafts of assegais o
Leaf and root
used medicinally o
Leaves make
herbal tea |
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Sugarbush |
Protea caffra |
o
Bark used
medicinally o
Larval food for
butterflies Capys disjunctus and C. penningtoni |
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Sweet Thorn |
Acacia karroo |
o
Browsed by game o
Bark used in
tanning o
Bark yields a
strong rope o
Produces an
edible gum used in traditional medicine o
Seeds roasted
as coffee substitute |
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Transvaal sumach |
Osyris quadipartita |
o
Probably a root
parasite |
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Wild medlar |
Vangueria infausta |
o
Browsed by game o
Fruit is edible o
Roots used
medicinally o
Papillate galls
on leaves |
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Wild Peach |
Kiggelaria africana |
o
Acraea horta
butterfly larvae feeds on leaves o
Fruit eaten by
birds. o
General purpose
timber o
Spokes for
wagon wheels |
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Wit Stinkhout |
Celtis africana |
o
Larval food for
Charaxes Cithaeron and Libythea labdaca o
Shade tree o
Can be confused
with C. australis, and C. sinensis |
Glossary
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Flora Glossary
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Term |
Explanation |
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Anther |
The
part of the stamen containing the pollen |
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Appressed |
Lying
close to or pressed flat against the surface |
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Arcuate |
Curved
into an arch |
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Axil |
The
upper angle between the leaf and the stem on which it is carried |
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Axis |
The
main stem of a plant |
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Bilobed |
Divided
into 2 lobes |
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Bipinnate,
bipinnately compound |
When
the first divisions (pinnae or leaflets) of a leaf are further divided (see
pinnate) |
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Bract |
A
usually small, leaf like structure, in the axil from which rises a flower or
branch of an inflorescence |
Botanic
derivations.
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Name
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Asclepias |
Asklepius,
god of medicine |
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berkheya |
M.
de Berkhey, Dutch botanists |
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bonatea |
M.
Bonat, professor of botany at Padua |
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castalis |
Name
of a nymph |
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chironia |
Centuar,
father of medicine and botany |
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commelina |
Brothers
Commelina, early Dutch botanists |
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cooperi |
Thomas
Cooper, collected Cape plants in 19thC |
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crabbea |
George
Crabbe, English poet |
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euphorbia |
Euphorbus,
physician to the king of Mauretania |
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galpinii |
Dr
E Galpin, collector of SA plants |
|
gerbera |
Franz
Gerber, a German naturalist |
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harveyanus |
W.
Harvey, who wrote part of the standard work on SA plants, “flora capensis” |
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hebenstrei |
J.
Hebesteit, professor of medicine at Leipzig |
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hermania |
Paul
Herman, a botanist who collected in Ceylon |
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homeria |
Named
after the poet, Homer |
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katherinae |
Mrs.
Katherine Saunders of Tongaat |
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kniphofia |
J.H.
Kniphof, professor of medicine at Erfurt |
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kohautia |
Francisci
Kohaut, inventor and plant collector |
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krausii |
Dr
Ferdinand Krauss, an early plant collector in Natal |
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krebsiana |
George
Krebs, a German who farmed at the Cape during the 19thC |
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lapeirousia |
Phillipe
de la Peirouse, |
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lobelia |
Mathias
de Lobel, a Flemish physician and
botanists |
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monsonia |
Lady
Anne Monson corresponded with Linnaeus and helped Lee with his book on “Intro
to Botany.” |
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moraea |
R.
More, English botanist, but adapted by Linnaeus to honour his wife, Mora |
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nelsonii |
William
Nelson, Jhb nurseryman and plant collector |
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Oldenlandea |
H.
Oldenland, a curator of the DEIC garden at Cape |
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ommaneyi |
Capt
Ommaney collected plants in the vicinity if Johannesburg during Anglo Boer
War |
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Pavonia,
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Don
Jose Pavon, a Spanish botanist who collected in Peru |
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pearsonia |
Prof
Pearson, first director of Kirstenbosch |
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pollichia |
J.A.
Pollich, German doctor and botanical author |
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rehmanii |
Joseph
Rehman, a physician and botanist of Leningrad |
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rendalii |
Dr
Rendall of the British Museum |
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schinzianus |
Prof
Hans Schinz of Zurich |
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sebae |
Albert
Seba, Dutch apothecary , naturalist and writer |
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stainbankiae |
Mrs.
Stainbank of Natal |
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stapelia |
J.
van Stapel, Dutch physician |
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sutera |
J.R.
Suter, professor of botany at Berne |
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tulbaghia |
Ryk
Tulbagh, Cape governor |
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vellozia |
J.M.
Vellos, monk and naturalist of Rio de Janeiro |
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vernonia |
William
Vernon, English botanists who
collected plants in North America |
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vigna |
Dominc
Vigna, 17thC Italian scientist |
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wahlenbergia |
Prof
of botany at Upsala |
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Walafrida |
Walafrida
Strabo wrote a medieval gardening book |
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welwitschii |
Friedrich
Welwitsch, German explorer |
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zaluzianskya |
Adam
Zaluziansky, Polish botanists |
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zeyheri |
Karl
Zeyher, a German who collected plants in SA |
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Latin/Greek/Arabic derivation
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acalypha |
Akalos = unpleasant, aphe =
touch (Greek name for the nettle) |
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acaulis |
A = without, caulis = stem |
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adoensis |
Place in Ethiopia |
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affinis |
Related |
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ajuga |
A = without, jugum =
yoke(calyx not two lipped) |
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albuca |
Albus = white |
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Alliacea |
Alliaceus = with the smell
of garlic, onions |
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aloe |
Alloch = Arabic name for
this genus |
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amatymbica |
Amatymbae = of the aba
Thembu people of Kaffraria |
|
andrus |
Male stamens |
|
antennifera |
Antenna = sailyard, fero =
I bear |
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anthericum |
Greek name for stem of
asphodel |
|
argyrolobium |
Argyros = silver, lobion =
pod |
|
babiana |
Misspelling baboon |
|
becium |
Ancient name for sage plant |
|
blepharis |
Eyelash |
|
bulbispermum |
Bulb, seed, alludes to
shape of seed |
|
Callilepis |
Kalos = beautiful, lepis =
scale |
|
capitatus |
With a knob-like head |
|
capitellata |
Little heads |
|
carnosa |
Carnosus = fleshy, pulpy |
|
cephalaria |
Cephalus = head |
|
cerophegia |
Keros = wax, pege =
fountain (waxy flowers) |
|
clavarioides |
Resembling clavaria, a
fungus |
|
clavata |
Clavatus = club-shaped
(inflorescence) |
|
clavicornis |
Clava = club, cornis =
horned |
|
clematopsis |
Klema = vine, opsis = like (certain features
resemble clematis, a climber) |
|
cleome |
Klein = shut (flowers) |
|
clerodendrum |
Clero = chance, dendron =
tree (implying of no significance) |
|
columbaria |
A dove. Refers to colour
forms |
|
costata |
Ribbed (leaves) |
|
cotyledon |
Kotule = small cup(alludes
to leaves) |
|
crassifolius |
Crassus = thick, folium =
leaf |
|
crassipes |
Crassus = thick, pes = foot |
|
crassula |
Crassus = thick |
|
crinum |
Lily |
|
cucumis |
Cucumber |
|
cyanotis |
Cyanos = blue, otis = ear |
|
cynoglossum |
Kunos = dog, glossa =
tongue (refers to rough texture ) |
|
cyperus |
Kupeiros = Greek word for
sedge |
|
cyrtanthos |
Kytos = curved, anthos =
flower |
|
decipiens |
Deceptive |
|
delosperma |
Delos = exposed, sperma =
seed |
|
depressus |
Sunken, as if flattened
from above |
|
dianthus |
Dios = divine, anthos =
flower |
|
dicoma |
Di = two, coma = tuft at
summit |
|
dipcadi |
Oriental name for grape
hyacinth |
|
ensifolia |
Ensis – sword |
|
eragrostis |
Era = love, agrostis =
grass |
|
eriospermum |
Erion = wool, sperma = seed |
|
eucomis |
Eu = handsome, coma = tuft
at top |
|
eulophia |
Eu = handsome, lohos =
crest |
|
foliosus |
Very leafy |
|
gazania |
Gaza = riches, Alludes to
the bright colours of the flowers |
|
gladiolus |
Sword |
|
helichrysum |
Elios = sun, chyrssos =
gold |
|
heliophila |
Elios = sun, philos =
loving |
|
hemizygia |
Hemi = half, zygos = yoke |
|
herbaceae |
Soft and green, not woody |
|
herbeus |
Grass coloured |
|
hibiscus |
Marsh mallow |
|
hypoestes |
Hypo = under, estia = house
(bracts cover the calyx) |
|
hypogea |
Hypo = beneath, geos =
earth |
|
hypoxis |
Hypo = beneath, oxys = sharp (refers to base of capsule) |
|
indigofera |
Indigo = blue/violet dye,
fero = I bear |
|
inornatus |
Unadorned, not showy |
|
ipomoea |
Ips = bindweed, homoios =
similar |
|
kalanchoe |
Chinese name |
|
lanatum |
Lanatus = wooly |
|
latifolia |
Latus = broad, folium =
leaf |
|
leonotis |
Leo = lion, otis = ear |
|
leptophylla |
Leptod = thin, phyllon =
leaf |
|
luridum |
Luridus = dingy, sallow,
wan |
|
Luteo-rubrum |
Luteus = yellow, ruber =
red (perianth) |
|
marginata |
Margined |
|
menodora |
Menos = force, vigour,
courage |
|
microcarpus |
Micro = small, carpus =
fruit |
|
monophlla |
Mono = one, phullon = leaf |
|
mooiensis |
Of the Mooi River |
|
multifidus |
Multi = many, fidus =
divided |
|
myriantha |
Myrias = countless,
anthos = flower |
|
nidorella |
Nidor = strong smell |
|
oboratum |
Ob = inverted, ovatus = egg
(egg-shaped leaves) |
|
ophrydis |
Resembling the orchid,
ophrys |
|
ornithogalum |
Ornith = pertaining to
birds, gala = milk |
|
oxalis |
Oxys = acid, als = salt
(leaves acidic) |
|
oxytropis |
Oxys = sharp/acid, tropis =
turning movement, keel |
|
pachycarpus |
Pachys = thick, carpus =
fruit |
|
pallida |
Pallidus = pale |
|
palustris |
Paluster = growing in boggy
patches |
|
panduraeforme |
Panduratus = fiddle,
forma = shape |
|
patens |
Spreading |
|
pelargonium |
Pelargos – stork (fruit
shaped like a stork’s bill) |
|
pentanisia |
Penta = five, anisos =
unequal (refers to calyx) |
|
pentarrhinum |
Penta = five, rhin = snout |
|
peucadanum |
Peuke = pine, danos =
parched, has a strong resinous smell |
|
plantagina |
Plantagineus = plantain
like |
|
polygala |
Poly = many, gala = milk
(certain species are supposed to increase the flow of milk if grazed) |
|
polygonum |
Poly = many, gonu = knee
(stem) |
|
psammotropha |
Psammo = sand, trophor =
nurse, nourishment |
|
pulchrum |
Pulcher = beautiful |
|
purpurascens |
Turning purple |
|
pychnostachys |
Pycnos = dense, stachys =
spike |
|
racemosus |
Spikelets in racemes |
|
ranunculus |
Rana = frog, i.e. grows in
moist places |
|
raphionacme |
Raphis – needle, acme =
point |
|
reticulata |
Like a network (veined
leaves) |
|
retinervis |
Rete = network, nervus =
vein (latticed leaf sheath) |
|
rhynchelytrum |
Rugchos = beak, elutron =
sclae (beaked bracts) |
|
scabiosa |
Scabies = itch. Some
species used as a cure for this itch. |
|
scabiosifolia |
Scaber = rough, folium =
leaf |
|
schizostylis |
Schizo = to split, stylos =
column, style |
|
scilla |
Skyllo = to injure, some
are poisonous |
|
selago |
Sel = sight, jach =
salutary, from the Celtic, in reference to the supposed medicinal properties
of the genus |
|
seminivea |
Semi – half, niveus = showy |
|
semitrifidus |
Semi = half, tri = three,
fidus = divided |
|
senecio |
Senex = old man (refers to
the pappus) |
|
sessilefolia |
Sessilis = without a stalk |
|
setifolium |
Seta = bristle |
|
setosa |
Setosus = bristly |
|
setulosa |
Setulosus = minutely bristly |
|
solanum |
Nightshade |
|
speciosa |
Speciosus = showy, splendid |
|
sphenostylis |
Spheno = wedge,, stylos =
column (style) |
|
stellifero |
Stella = star, fero = I
bear |
|
stenophylla |
Stenos = narrow, phyllon =
leaf |
|
striga |
Swathe |
|
subintegra |
Sub = approaching the
condition indicated, integer – not divided |
|
tephrosia |
Tephros = ashen (foliage of
many species) |
|
themeda |
Arabic name for certain
grass |
|
trita |
Tritus = bruised, rubbed
(hackneyed and common) |
|
tritonia |
Variable directions taken
by stamen |
|
tuphos |
Marsh |
|
verecunda |
Verecundus = modest,
blushing |
|
vexillatus |
Bearing a standard |
|
virens |
Green |
|
viride |
Viridis = green |
Bibliography/Acknowledgements
|
Title |
Author |
|
Field Guide to insects of
South Africa |
Mike Picker, Charles
Griffiths and Alan Weaving |
|
Field Guide to the Wild
Flowers of the Highveld |
Braam van Wyk and Sasa
Malan |
|
Field Guide to Trees of
Southern Africa |
Braam van Wyk and Piet van
Wyk |
|
Guide to grasses of
Southern Africa |
Fritz van Oudtshoorn |
|
Melville Koppies Nature
Reserve Guidebook |
Johannesburg Council for
Natural History 1962 Revised 1970 |
|
Sappi tree spotting
Bushveld |
Rina Grant and Val Thomas |
|
Trees of Southern Africa |
Keith Coates Palgrave |
|
Southern African trees. A
photographic guide |
Piet van Wyk |
|
A photographic guide to
wild flowers of South Africa |
Braam van Wyk |
|
Grasses of the Melville
Koppies |
Norman Baines |
|
Indigenous grasses on
Melville Koppies Module 10 |
Richard Hall |
|
The Story Of Melville
Koppies. Module 12 |
Richard Hall |
|
Pre History relating to
Melville Koppies Module 13 |
Richard Hall |
|
The People of Melville
Koppies |
Richard Hall |
|
Iron Age Smelting at
Melville Koppies |
Wendy Carstens |
|
Man in Africa before the
iron age |
Norman Baines |
|
Modern History relating to
Melville Koppies module 14 |
Richard Hall |
|
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Updated
2/26/2009