Common Spikethorn

Gymnosporia buxifolia

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Conservation value of the Egoli Granite Grassland, an endemic grassland in Gauteng, South Africa
• Treelist Melville Koppies
• PlantZAfrica

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Dec. 17, 2025, 10:47 a.m.
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:36 a.m.	Supports birds Supports butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Hedge Useful Medicinal Fragrant Sun Semi-shade Shrub Tree Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) Botswanabugs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Botswanabugs source
• (c) Joti Daya, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joti Daya source
• (c) Joti Daya, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joti Daya source
• (c) Petra Broddle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Petra Broddle source
• (c) Nicola van Berkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Nicola van Berkel source
• (c) Jeff Morris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jeff Morris source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) graham_g, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Joti Daya, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joti Daya source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source