List of Southern African indigenous trees and woody lianes explained

This is a list of Southern African trees, shrubs, suffrutices, geoxyles and lianes, and is intended to cover Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

The notion of 'indigenous' is of necessity a blurred concept, and is clearly a function of both time and political boundaries. The global distribution of plants useful to humans, or inadvertently transported by them, is closely linked to a mapping of their journeys and settlements, and the movement of species in prehistoric times must be inferred from archaeological and palaeontological remains, centers of diversity, DNA samples and other sources.

Cyatheaceae

Blechnaceae

Cycadaceae

Zamiaceae

Podocarpaceae

Cupressaceae

Welwitschiaceae

Poaceae

Pandanaceae

Arecaceae

Araceae

Flagellariaceae

Asphodelaceae

Asparagaceae

Philesiaceae

Smilacaceae

Velloziaceae

Musaceae

Piperaceae

Salicaceae

Myricaceae

Cannabaceae

Moraceae

Urticaceae

Proteaceae

Santalaceae

Opiliaceae

Olacaceae

Polygonaceae

Aristolochiaceae

Chenopodiaceae

Amaranthaceae

Nyctaginaceae

Phytolaccaceae

Aizoaceae

Portulacaceae

Ranunculaceae

Menispermaceae

Annonaceae

Myristicaceae

Trimeniaceae (Monimiaceae)

Lauraceae

Hernandiaceae

Capparaceae

Moringaceae

Crassulaceae

Montiniaceae

Iteaceae

Pittosporaceae

Cunoniaceae

Myrothamnaceae

Bruniaceae

Hamamelidaceae

Rosaceae

Chrysobalanaceae

Connaraceae

Mimosaceae

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Caesalpiniaceae

Fabaceae

Geraniaceae

Linaceae

Ixonanthaceae

Erythroxylaceae

Zygophyllaceae

Balanitaceae

Rutaceae

Irvingiaceae

Simaroubaceae

Burseraceae

Meliaceae

Malpighiaceae

Polygalaceae

Dichapetalaceae

Phyllanthaceae

Putranjivaceae

Picrodendraceae

Euphorbiaceae

Buxaceae

Anacardiaceae

Aquifoliaceae

Celastraceae

Icacinaceae

Sapindaceae

Melianthaceae

Greyiaceae

Rhamnaceae

Vitaceae

Malvaceae

Ochnaceae

Hypericaceae

Clusiaceae (Guttiferae)

Dipterocarpaceae

Tamaricaceae

Canellaceae

Violaceae

Achariaceae

Aphloiaceae

Gerrardinaceae

Passifloraceae

Penaeaceae

Thymelaeaceae

Lythraceae

Lecythidaceae

Rhizophoraceae

Combretaceae

Myrtaceae

Melastomataceae

Araliaceae

Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)

Curtisiaceae

Cornaceae

Ericaceae

Myrsinaceae

Sapotaceae

Ebenaceae

Oleaceae

Salvadoraceae

Loganiaceae

Gentianaceae

Stilbaceae

Apocynaceae

Convolvulaceae

Boraginaceae

Verbenaceae

Lamiaceae

Solanaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Bignoniaceae

Pedaliaceae

Acanthaceae

Rubiaceae

Cucurbitaceae

Asteraceae

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Notes and References

  1. Common trees of southern Africa WildlifeSafari.info