Cats Whiskers

Becium obovatum

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
• The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19 (2006)

Features data

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

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:31 a.m.

Photo credits

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

• (c) Moira FitzPatrick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Moira FitzPatrick source
• (c) Kate Braun, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kate Braun source
• (c) Craig Peter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Craig Peter source
• (c) Kate Braun, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kate Braun source
• (c) Mahomed Desai, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Mahomed Desai source
• (c) janet_taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by janet_taylor source
• (c) Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan source
• (c) tjeerd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tjeerd source
• (c) tjeerd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tjeerd source
• (c) katuchka, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by katuchka source