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Did you know? Buffalo thorn tree Apr 7 2008
Buffalo thorn trees (Ziziphus mucronata) are iconic of the African bush, with their many branches twisting up to a large, spreading canopy of leaves. This is the type of tree that one would choose to photograph at sunset, with the beautiful orange shades of an African sun setting behind it.
Tags: africa, buffalo, buffalo thorn, flower, forest, fruit, kwazulu-natal, thorn, tree, water, zuluA serene spot in the forest Mar 19 2008
Earth-Touch recently visited a dappled glade in the Hawaan forest, an unspoilt area on South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal coast.
Tags: africa, coast, coastal, forest, hawaan, kingfisher, kwazulu-natal, millipede, south africa, toad, tree, trees, zuluThe marula tree Jan 29 2008
This tree, Sclerocarya birrea, is found in Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia and Swaziland, amongst other African countries. It bears small, round fruit, yellow when ripe and green when unripe, which can be harvested from January to March.
There are countless myths and legends about this tree.
Tags: africa, bark, colour, crop, elephant, fertility, fruit, goat, leaf, malaria, marula, medicine, myth, namibia, pestle and mortar, plant, relish, sotho, south africa, swaziland, venda, wood, worm, wound, zimbabwe, zuluPage 1 of 1 pages
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