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Name	Vegetation type(s)	Features	Flowers & type
Common Hook-thorn Acacia Acacia caffra	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees Useful Medicinal Attractive Rocky habitat Sun Pioneer species Soil: sandy	Sep Oct Nov Tree
Sweet Thorn Acacia karoo	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Rocky habitat Sun Pioneer species	Jan Feb Dec Tree
Splendid Thorn Acacia robusta robusta	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees Useful Medicinal Attractive Near water Rocky habitat Sun Pioneer species	Jul Aug Sep Oct Tree
Paperbark Thorn Acacia sieberiana woodii	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees Useful Medicinal Attractive Near water Sun Pioneer species	Jan Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
Cape Chestnut Calodendrum capense	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees Useful Medicinal Attractive Fragrant Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink Dec Tree
Num-num Carissa bispinosa	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Hedge Useful Edible Attractive Fragrant Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink white Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub Tree Perennial
White Stinkwood Celtis africana	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Sun Semi-shade Soil: sandy	green Sep Oct Nov Tree
Showy Blue Ear Cyanotis speciosa	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Attractive Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	blue mauve/lilac pink purple Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ground cover Forb Perennial
South African Wild Pear Dombeya rotundifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Fragrant Sun Soil: loam	white Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
South African Wild Pear Dombeya rotundifolia rotundifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports butterflies Useful Medicinal Attractive Rocky habitat	Jul Aug Sep Tree
Wild Apricot Dovyalis zeyheri	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Useful Edible Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
Cape-Lilac Ehretia rigida nervifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Useful Medicinal Edible Sun Semi-shade	Sep Oct Nov Tree
Stamvrug Englerophytum magalismontanum	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports butterflies Drought-resistant Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Climax species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	brown cream white Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Tree
Snowberrytree Flueggea virosa	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports butterflies Hedge Medicinal Edible	cream green Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub Tree
Cross-berry Raisin Grewia occidentalis	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Rocky habitat Shade Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pale purple pink purple yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub Tree Scrambler
Common Spikethorn Gymnosporia buxifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports birds Supports butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Hedge Useful Medicinal Fragrant Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream green white Dec Shrub Tree
Cogon Grass Imperata cylindrica	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports butterflies Easy to grow Fast-growing Useful Medicinal Edible Near water Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Climax species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream green white yellow Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Perennial Grass
Wild Peach Kiggelaria africana	Egoli Granite Grassland Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Hedge Useful Medicinal Attractive Near water Rocky habitat Shade Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream green yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
Cork Bush Mundulea sericea	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Hedge Useful Medicinal Attractive Sun Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac purple Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub Tree
Cork Bush Mundulea sericea sericea	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees Useful Medicinal Attractive Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Soil: sandy	purple Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
African Boxwood Myrsine africana	Egoli Granite Grassland Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports birds Supports butterflies Hedge Useful Medicinal Attractive Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream pink Sep Oct Nov Shrub
Brittlewood Nuxia congesta	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports butterflies Easy to grow Useful Fragrant Sun Soil: clay Soil: sandy	cream white Shrub Tree
Cats Whiskers Ocimum obovatum obovatum	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports butterflies Medicinal Attractive Sun Semi-shade	pale purple white Sep Oct Nov Dec Forb
African Olive Olea europaea africana	Egoli Granite Grassland Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Edible Fragrant Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream white Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
African Sandalwood Osyris lanceolata	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports butterflies Drought-resistant Useful Medicinal Edible Fragrant Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green yellow Jun Jul Aug Shrub Tree
Jacket plum Pappea capensis	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports butterflies Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Fragrant Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green yellow Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
Pentanisia prunelloides latifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports butterflies Useful Medicinal Attractive Sun Semi-shade	blue pale purple purple white Jan Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Forb
Wild-Medlar Vangueria infausta	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Medicinal Edible Attractive Shade Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream green Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
Smooth Sourplum Ximenia caffra caffra	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade	pink red Sep Oct Nov Tree
Small knobwood Zanthoxylum capense	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Useful Medicinal Fragrant Sun Soil: loam	green white Sep Oct Nov Tree
Buffalo-thorn Ziziphus mucronata	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Edible Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green yellow Feb Dec Tree
Dwarf Buffalothorn Ziziphus zeyheriana	Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub

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