Protected Trees List of South Africa
Protected Trees List of South Africa
Botanical Name English Common Other Common Names National Tree Number
Names “Afrikaans (A), Northern Sotho (NS), Southern Sotho (S), Tswana (T), Venda (V), Xhosa (X), Zulu (Z)”
Acacia erioloba Camel Thorn “Kameeldoring (A), Mogohlo (NS), Mog“tlh“ (T)” 168
Acacia haematoxylon Grey Camel Thorn “Vaalkameeldoring (A), Mokholo (T)” 169
Adansonia digitata Baobab “Kremetart (A), Seboi (NS), Mowana (T)” 467
Afzelia quanzensis Pod Mahogany “Peulmahonie (A), Mutokota (V), Inkehli (Z)” 207
Balanites subsp. Torchwood “Groendoring (A), Ugobandlovu (Z)” 251
maughamii
Barringtonia racemosa Powder-puff Tree “Poeierkwasboom (A), Iboqo (Z)” 524
Boscia albitrunca Shepherd?s Tree “Witgat (A), Mohl“pi (NS), Motlh“pi (T),” 122
“Muvhombwe (V), Umgqomogqomo (X),”
Umvithi (Z)
Brachystegia spiciformis Msasa Msasa (A) 198.1
Breonadia salicina Matumi “Mingerhout (A), Mohlomˆ (NS), Mutu-lume (V), Umfomfo (Z)” 684
Bruguiera gymnorrhiza Black Mangrove “Swart-wortelboom (A), Isikhangati (X),” 527
Isihlobane (Z)
Cassipourea swaziensis Swazi Onionwood Swazi-uiehout (A) 531.1
Catha edulis Bushman?s Tea “Boesmanstee (A), Mohlatse (NS), Igqwaka” 404
“(X), Umhlwazi (Z)”
Ceriops tagal Indian Mangrove “Indiese wortelboom (A), Isinkaha (Z)” 525
Cleistanthus schlechteri False Tamboti “Vals-tambotie (A), Umzithi (Z)” 320
var. schlechteri
Colubrina nicholsonii Pondo Weeping Thorn Pondo-treurdoring (A) 453.8
Combretum imberbe Leadwood “Hardekool (A), Mohwelere-t?hipi (NS), Motswiri (T), Impondondlovu (Z)” 539
Curtisia dentata Assegai “Assegaai (A), Umgxina (X), Umagunda (Z)” 570
Elaeodendron transvaalensis Bushveld Saffron “Bosveld-saffraan (A), Monomane (T),” 416
Ingwavuma (Z)
Erythrophysa transvaalensis Bushveld Red Balloon “Bosveld-rooiklapperbos (A), Mofalatsane (T)” 436.2
Eucleapseudebenus Ebony Guarri Ebbehout -ghwarrie (A) 598
Ficus trichopoda Swamp Fig “Moerasvy (A), Umvubu (Z)” 54
Leucadendron argenteum Silver Tree Silwerboom (A) 77
Lumnitzera racemosa var. Tonga Mangrove “Tonga-wortelboom (A), Isikhaha-esibomvu (Z)” 552
racemosa
Lydenburgia abottii Pondo Bushman?s Tea Pondo-boesmanstee (A) 407
Lydenburgia cassinoides Sekhukhuni Bushman?s Sekhukhuni-boesmanstee (A) 406
Tea
Mimusops caffra Coastal Red Milkwood “Kusrooimelkhout (A), Umthunzi (X),” 583
Umkhakhayi (Z )
Newtonia hildebrandtiivar. Lebombo Wattle “Lebombo-wattel (A), Umfomothi (Z)” 191
hildebrandtii
Ocotea bullata Stinkwood “Stinkhout(A), Umhlungulu (X), Umnukane (Z)” 118
Ozoroa namaquensis Gariep Resin Tree Gariep-harpuisboom (A) 373.2
Philenoptera violacea Apple-leaf “Appelblaar (A), Mphata (NS), Mohata (T),” 238
Isihomohomo (Z)
Pittosporum viridiflorum Cheesewood “Kasuur (A), Kgalagangwe (NS), Umkhwenkwe (X), Umfusamvu (Z)” 139
Podocarpus elongatus Breede River Yellowwood Breederivier-geelhout (A) 15
Podocarpus falcatus Outeniqua Yellowwood “Outniekwa-geelhout (A), Mog“bag“ba (NS),” 16
Umkhoba (X)/ Umsonti (Z)
Podocarpus henkelii Henkel?s Yellowwood “Henkel-se-geelhout (A), Umsonti (X), Umsonti (Z)” 17
Podocarpus latifolius Real Yellowwood “Opregte-geelhout (A), Mog“bag“ba (NS), Umcheya (X), Umkhoba (Z)” 18
Protea comptonii Saddleback Sugarbush Barberton-suikerbos (A) 88
Protea curvata Serpentine Sugarbush Serpentynsuikerbos (A) 88.1
Prunus africana Red Stinkwood “Rooi-stinkhout(A), Umkhakhase (X),” 147
Umdumezulu (Z)
Pterocarpus angolensis Wild Teak “Kiaat (A), Mor“t“ (NS), Mokwa (T), Mutondo (V), Umvangazi (Z)” 236
Rhizophora mucronata Red Mangrove “Rooi-wortelboom (A), Isikhangathi (X),” 526
Umhlume (Z)
Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra Marula “Maroela (A), Morula (NS), Morula (T), Umganu (Z)” 360
Securidaca longependunculata Violet Tree “Krinkhout (A), Mmaba (T)” 303
Sideroxylon inerme subsp. inerme White Milkwood “Wit-melkhout (A), Ximafana (X),” 579
Umakhwelafingqane (Z)
Tephrosia pondoensis Pondo Fish-poison Pea Pondo-gifertjie (A) 226.1
Warburgia salutaris Pepper-bark Tree “Peperbasboom (A), Molaka (NS), Mulanga (V), Isibaha (Z)” 488
Widdringtonia cedarbergensis Clanwilliam Cedar Clanwilliam-seder (A) 19
Widdringtonia schwarzii Willowmore Cedar Baviaanskloof-seder (A) 21
on acacia erioloba and adansonia digitata what are their legal implications and their CITES OR IUCN
I am looking for trees growing in the savannh biome of North west province. What can you recommend?
What area are you in exactly, then I can maybe make some suggestions
As far as I can gather, it seems as if these protected trees are a no no in all facets. But what about planting the seeds of these endangered trees, and once they have reached a certain age, eg. two years then making them available to be distributed to wherever they are needed. If people are denied reproducing them wouldn’t it lead to them becoming more endangered? I would like read comments on this as to what is allowed and what not.
Growing of protected species is completely legal and also encouraged. There is no law forbidding growing any protected or endangered species from seed, there are only laws preventing their removal and destruction from their natural habitats.
There are a number of sources to buy indigenous South African seeds online, one such site is http://www.silverhillseeds.co.za/
There are also a mass of indigenous nurseries around South Africa who sell all sorts of protected species of trees and shrubs ready to plant.
We live in North West.We are in a zone that Eskom wants to cut off all the trees in our bush that grows under 5 rows of pilons – we love trees and have beautiful indigenous trees here of which one only grows in this area.
What can we do to prevent this
We live in Somerset West (Western Cape). We have a HUGE bat poo problem due to them eating the Yellow wood berries and deficating on the house walls. We have tried so much, including importing bat repellent machines, removed berries from the trees etc. but nothing helps. My mom recently painted the house and this has started all over again.
I see that these trees are protected and a person can get fined or even jail sentence… Sounds crazy…
All the tree companies I have contacted won’t do it due to the law… We tried contacting people but to no avail as the 2 trees (in the neighbour’s yard) cannot be cut down.
Do you have any new advice or know who I could speak to. This is unacceptable that a tree has more rights than a human….
Please let me know your thoughts. Thx a mill
Hi.
I live in a complex and the body corporate forced my neighbour to cut down a tree in their garden. I think it was a outeniqua yellow wood. is there any way somebody can confirm it and can I repport the body corporate anywhere? Regards,
Joalet
Hi I would like to know what the laws are regarding planting indigenous trees in their correct indigenous areas?
EG: what are the rules and regulations pertaining to planting yellow wood trees in the Tsitsikamma for example?
Can anyone help me out with this?
Or get me in touch with the appropraite person, I have been trying to get someone from Forestry for months now and no one can help me.
In my Village, we got few of the Boscia Albitrunca trees and i’m worried that in times to come it will all been destroyed.
How do one proctect them
Great resource, many thanks
Hi Elli, problem fixed thanks for notifying us.
The images are too small. Can you give us a bigger one?
Hi Brian, it is best to speak a nursery or garden centre in your area to get an idea of what will grow there.
Hi, I need names of INDIGENOUS flowering shrubs and small plants for the Eastern Free State I am putting in an English garden to a sand stone home built in 1910.
Many thanks .
I think its a great idea to get other people involved with F1, and as you stated, there’s a lot more to it than just going round in circles.
Does anyone know the Southern Sotho word or words for the national tree the Yellowood (Podocarpus latifolius). We need this urgently!
please help with either of trees suitable to each province
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Yes, we should protect trees in south africa, and world 🙂
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Thanks for this great post! Trees plays a big role in our environment, with the help of trees environment will remain healthy and we can take fresh air, which his good for our health.
Im a college student and i’d like info as to what is the effect of trees on the site ,also how we can keep our trees healthy, i’ve tried my best to get info but i still feel it is not enough to make a report on “““`plz help.
First you need to study and learn what are indigenous trees and what are not. We often get emails from people who spot someone clearing huge tracts of what they call “forest” and when we investigate we find out that the people were merely clearing alien vegetation.
So for a start, know your trees and it really is not difficult to learn trees and their scientific names. At first their names seem difficult but once you’ve learned your first 10, the next 10 come easier and so on and so forth.
Cutting down of trees in their natural environment is a big problem. First of all South Africa has a lot of water problems and trees that are cut down take many many years to grow back to the size they were before they were cut down. You can plant an exotic tree like a Black Wattle and it could grow to 10 metres in just a few years, an indigenous tree would take 30+ years (depending on species) to reach that size assuming it receives enough water. Many of our indigenous tree species in South Africa are VERY slow growing.
To answer your question, without trees and plants we have no life, animals have nothing to graze, insects have nothing to eat, life will cease if we did not have trees. Trees also have a major cooling effect on our planet so we would heat up even more than it currently is if we cut down all the trees.
What can you do? Learn your trees in order to know what we need to protect. You should start with the list above but you need to learn more than just the list above. Trees only reach protected status when serious damage has already been done to their populations. The same happens to other non-protected trees but because they are not currently protected there is no law to stop someone cutting one down or digging it out.
For instance we have a problem in the North-West province where companies providing instant big trees to their customers sitting in fancy houses in Sandton and Johannesburg are able to provide instant fully grown Wild Olive trees. If you check the list above, Wild Olive (Olea europea subs. africana) is not protected, it’s indigenous but not protected. Wild Olives are very slow growing trees and are an important component of the savannah type biome of the North West but these companies go to to farmers, offer them a handsome some of money for removing their trees and the farmer puts his hand out.
You can sit any day of the week on R568 Hekpoort Road and you will see these trucks (2-3 a day sometimes) carrying 2-3 fully grown trees at a time. Just how long will it be before the Wild Olive gets added to the protected trees list?
It’s simple ignorance of nature that allows things like this to continue. People buy a fancy house and can’t wait 10 years for their garden to grow so instead they will have nature raped.
I would like to know how can we save trees as young people, and how does citting of trees affect us as our environment at large as south Africans. I want to know more how will iy affect us as humans if we lack trees.
thank you
Hi! Is it possible for you to post photographs of these trees??
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Awesome!
I’m trying to find Brachystegia Spiciformis (Msasa) for sale in the Gauteng area. Could you help, please?
where can i source the following trees in South Africa
Ficus trichopoda
Catha Edulis
lydenburgia abotii
SA tree fern (not sure of the latin name)
Pterocarpus angolensis Wild Teak
any suggestions would be welcome although sources in KZN would be easier
We are looking to give away seedlings of Indigenous trees at a function in January, but not all trees are necessarily indigenous to a specific area within South Africa
Can you please help with a list of trees suitable to each province (one tree per province will be sufficient)
Some of the best trees for your area are Rhus leptodictya, Rhus lancea and Rhus pendulina. Most garden centre’s stock them and they grow relatively quickly for indigenous trees. You can also plant Acacia karoo, Acacia galpinii and Acacia sieberana.
We are planing to plant some indigenous trees on a farm just outside pretoria and nowhere can I find a site which can help me with tree names to plant in the area. Our aim is to use the SA trees…
Can you please help me?
The official government source Barrie, although it has not been updated for some time, will get onto it though 🙂
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what is the source of this list?
Podocarpus henkelii Henkel?s Yellowwood “Henkel-se-geelhout (A), Umsonti (X), Umsonti (Z)” 17
Podocarpus latifolius Real Yellowwood “Opregte-geelhout (A), Mog“bag“ba (NS), Umcheya (X), Umkhoba (Z)” 18
Protea comptonii Saddleback Sugarbush Barberton-suikerbos (A) 88
Protea curvata Serpentine Sugarbush Serpentynsuikerbos (A) 88.1