Botanic Garden Plant List - NBRI, Namibia
Botanic Garden Plant List - NBRI, Namibia
Botanic Garden Plant List - NBRI, Namibia
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<strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Garden</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />
Scientific Name<br />
Trees & Shrubs<br />
English Afrikaans German<br />
Acacia erubescens yellow-bark acacia withaak, berkebos Birkenrindenakazie<br />
Acacia erioloba camel-thorn kameeldoring Kameldorn<br />
Acacia hebeclada ssp. hebeclada candle-pod acacia trassiebos Kerzenakazie<br />
Acacia hereroensis mountain-thorn bergdoring Bergdornakazie<br />
Acacia karoo sweetthorn soetdoring Weissdorn<br />
Acacia mellifera ssp. detinens black-thorn swarthaak, hakiesbos Hakkiebusch<br />
Acacia reficiens red-bark acacia rooihak, haak-en-steek Rotrindenakazie<br />
Adenium boehmianum* bushman poison pylgif Pfeilgiftpflanze<br />
Albizia anthelmintica worm-cure albizia kersieblomboom Wurmrindenbaum<br />
Aloe dichotoma* quiver tree kokerboom Köcherbaum<br />
Barleria lancifolia blue Barleria<br />
Boscia albitrunca shepherd's tree witgat Weisstamm<br />
Catophractes alexandri rattle pod, trumpet thorn gabbabos, Trompetdoring Schwarzdorn, Gababusch<br />
Combretum apiculatum ssp. apiculatum kudubush koedoebos Kudubusch<br />
Commiphora glandulosa tall common corkwood<br />
lavender croton / lavender<br />
balsembos, kanniedood Druesenbalsamstrauch<br />
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus* fever-berry lavender croton, vaalbos Lavendelbusch<br />
Butterbaum,<br />
Cyphostemma currorii* kobas / butter tree kobas / botterboom<br />
Papierrindenbaum<br />
Cyphostemma juttae* blue kobas<br />
Cyphostemma uter* Kaoko kobas Kaoko kobas Kaoko kobas<br />
Dichrostachys cinerea ssp africana<br />
Diospyros lycioides<br />
sickle bush sekelbos, papwielbos Farbkätzchenstrauch<br />
Dombeya rotundifolia wild pear drolpeer, dikbas Schneeballstrauch<br />
Ehretia alba puzzle bush deurmekaarbos, swartbos Bergbast<br />
Elephantorrhiza suffruticosa skew-leaved elephant-root looiwortel Gerbwurzelstrauch<br />
common guarri/mountain<br />
Feuerlöschbusch /<br />
Euclea undulata<br />
ebony ghwarrie/besembos Bergebenholzstrauch<br />
Euphorbia virosa* candelabra euphorbia gifboom Kandelaberwolfsmilch<br />
Grewia bicolor two-coloured raisin bush basterrosyntjie, witrosyntjie<br />
fluweelrosyntjie /<br />
Zweifarbiger Rosinenstrauch<br />
Grewia flava velvet raisin<br />
brandewynbessie Gelber Rosinenstrauch<br />
* indigenous to <strong>Namibia</strong>, but introduced to this area Page 1 of 9<br />
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<strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Garden</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />
Grewia flavescens sandpaper raisin skurwerosyntjie Gelbgrüner Rosinenstrauch<br />
Heteromorpha papillosa <strong>Namibia</strong>n wild-parsley tree<br />
Kleinia longiflora paintbrush flower sjambokbossie Greisenhaupt<br />
Lantana angolensis<br />
Lycium eenii (broad leaved) broad-leaved honey thorn breeblaarkriedoring Hochland Süssdorn<br />
Lycium bosciifolium (slender leaves) Honey thorn wolfdoring / slapkriedoring Bocksdorn<br />
Maerua schinzii ringwood lammerdrol Südwester Lorbeerbaum<br />
Manuelopsis dinteri Dinter's bush<br />
Melianthus comosus touch-me-not kruidjie-roer-my-nie Tintenbusch<br />
Montinia caryophyllacea wild-clove bush peperbos/bergklapperbos Pfeifenstrauch<br />
Moringa ovalifolia* phantom tree sprokiesboom Moringa<br />
Ozoroa crassinervia <strong>Namibia</strong>n Resin tree Namibiese harpuisboom Schwarzborkenbaum<br />
Pachypodium lealii* bottle tree bottelboom Flaschenbaum<br />
Pappea capensis* jacket plum doppruim/kouboom<br />
Peltophorum africanum* weeping wattle huilboom/dopperkiaat<br />
Phaeoptilum spinosum brittle thorn / winged-fruit bush brosdoring / wilde bougainvilla Flügelfruchtstrauch<br />
Sclerocarya birrea* maroela maroela Marula<br />
Searsia ciliata sour karee Sauerstrauch<br />
Searsia lancea willow rhus soetkaree Afrikanische Rivierweide<br />
Searsia marlothii bitter karee bitterkaree<br />
Searsia tenuinervis Kalahari currant Kalahari-taaibos<br />
Sterculia africana* African star chest nut bosluisboom<br />
Tarchonanthus camphoratus camphor bush vaalbos / kanferbos Fahlbusch, Kampferbusch<br />
Tetradenia riparia ginger bush<br />
Ziziphus mucronata buffalo thorn blinkblaar-wag-'n-bietjie<br />
Herbs<br />
Abutilon austro-africanum<br />
Achyranthes aspera<br />
Acrotome angustifolia<br />
Acrotome fleckii<br />
Arctotis venusta<br />
Adenia repanda<br />
Aizoon virgatum<br />
* indigenous to <strong>Namibia</strong>, but introduced to this area Page 2 of 9<br />
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Albuca maxima albuca albuca Albuca<br />
Antizoma angustifolia<br />
Aptosimum arenarium<br />
Aptosimum lineare Hereroveilchen<br />
Aptosimum lugardiae (= Peliostomum lugardii) linear-leaved aptosimum<br />
Asparagus nelsii wild asparagus katstert Spargelkraut<br />
Asparagus exuvialis wild asparagus katstert Spargelkraut<br />
Barleria lanceolata (spiny) spiny lanced-leaved barleria<br />
Bidens pilosa black jack Buschmannspfeil<br />
Blepharis obmitrata mountain thistle bergdistel<br />
Boerhavia coccinea<br />
Cineraria canescens<br />
Chascanum pinnatifidum dissected-leaf chascanum<br />
Clematis brachiata traveller's joy klimop<br />
Cleome angustifolia ssp. diandra yellow mouse-whiskers geel cleome<br />
Cleome elegantissima<br />
Cleome gynandra African cabbage oorpeultjie Wilder Spinat, Fingerkraut<br />
Cleome monophylla single-leaf cleome einfache Cleome<br />
Coccinia sessilifolia wild cucumber skarlakenkomkommer Scharlachgurke<br />
Commelina africana yellow commelina<br />
Commelina benghalensis blue commelina<br />
Commelina livingstonii hairy commelina<br />
Commicarpus fallacissimus (smaller, pale<br />
pink flws)<br />
Commicarpus pentandrus (big dark pink flws)<br />
Conyza bonariensis (similar to Blumea)<br />
Corallocarpus schinzii<br />
Cyphostemma hereroense Herero grape Herero-Traube<br />
Cyphostemma congestum common vine Rank-Traube<br />
Dicoma macrocephala (creeping)<br />
Dicoma tomentosa (upright) hairy dicoma / doll's protea<br />
Evolvulus alsinoides African forget-me-not<br />
* indigenous to <strong>Namibia</strong>, but introduced to this area Page 3 of 9<br />
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<strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Garden</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />
Felicia clavipilosa subsp. clavipilosa<br />
Ferraria glutinosa Klebering Lilie<br />
Forsskaolea candida<br />
Geigeria ornativa common geigeria vermeerbos Speikraut<br />
Gisekia africana var. africana ostrich herb<br />
volstruisdruiwe /<br />
rooirankopslag<br />
Gnidia polycephala<br />
Helichrysum candolleanum<br />
Helichrysum fleckii<br />
Helichrysum tomentosulum<br />
Pferdenelke, Honigbusch<br />
Hermannia modesta common hermania Blutströpfchen<br />
Hermbstaedtia argenteiformis cat's tail Fuchsschwanz<br />
Hibiscus calyphyllus<br />
Hibiscus fleckii<br />
Hibiscus micranthus<br />
Hirpicium gazanioides<br />
wild stock-rose wildestokroos wilde Stockrose<br />
Hypertelis bowkeriana<br />
Indigofera alternans<br />
Indigofera cryptantha (small beaded pods)<br />
Hasenkost<br />
Ipomoea bolusiana<br />
Ipomoea hochstetteri<br />
wild morning glory<br />
Ipomoea holubii wild morning glory<br />
Ipomoea obscura var. obscura<br />
Ipomoea sinensis<br />
Jamesbrittenia canescens<br />
wild morning glory / yellow<br />
ipomea<br />
Jamesbrittenia lyperioides (yellow flws)<br />
Jamesbrittenia tenella<br />
yellow mountain-bush saffraanbossie<br />
Kalanchoe brachyloba kalanchoe plakkie<br />
Kalanchoe lanceolata narrow-leaved kalanchoe plakkie<br />
Kalanchoe rotundifolia plakkie<br />
Kohautia caespitosa ssp. brachyloba<br />
Kyphocarpa angustifolia<br />
desert purfume<br />
Laggera decurrens (=Blumea decurrens) bitter bush bitterbos Blaugrüner Bitterbusch<br />
* indigenous to <strong>Namibia</strong>, but introduced to this area Page 4 of 9<br />
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Ledebouria cooperi<br />
Lepidium africanum ssp. divaricatum<br />
Leucas pechuelii white foxtail<br />
<strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Garden</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />
Afrikanische Taubnessel,<br />
weisser Fuchsschwanz<br />
Leucosphaera bainesii wool bush wolbos / perdebossie Weisskugelbusch, Futterbusch<br />
Lotononis furcata<br />
Limeum pterocarpum<br />
Limeum sulcatum<br />
Maerua juncea snake-egg climber lammerdrol, slangeierbos Schlangeneierbusch<br />
Melhania damarana<br />
Melolobium decumbens<br />
Melolobium villosum<br />
Mollugo cerviana Gypsophyllum wildes Schleierkraut<br />
Monechma divaricatum branched monechma verzweigte Monechma<br />
Monsonia glauca<br />
Monsonia senegalensis<br />
Myrothamnus flabellifolius resurrection bush wonderbos / teebossie Wundertee / Buschtee<br />
Nelsia quadrangula<br />
Nemesia lilacina<br />
Nidorella resedifolia ssp. resedifolia common nidorella gewöhnliche Nidorella<br />
Nolettia tenuifolia (Asteraceae, small ylw flws)<br />
Ocimum americanum var. americanum bush tea / wild basil boesmansboegoe Herero Buschtee<br />
Ocimum filamentosum<br />
Otoptera burchellii beesboontjie<br />
Oxalis purpurascens sorrel / savanna clover wilde suring Sauerklee / Savannenklee<br />
Oxygonum alatum var. alatum<br />
Pavonia burchellii dainty pavonia<br />
Pechuel-Loeschea leubnitziae bitter bush / wild sage bitterbos Bitterbusch / Stinkbusch<br />
Pegolettia senegalensis<br />
Pentarrhinum insipidum African silkvine Seidenwinde<br />
Pergularia daemia heart-leaf twiner bobbejaankambroo Herzblatt-Liane<br />
Phyllanthus pentandrus<br />
* indigenous to <strong>Namibia</strong>, but introduced to this area Page 5 of 9<br />
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Pollichia campestris<br />
Polygala leptophylla<br />
Portulaca kermesina Portulaca<br />
Portulaca quadrifida<br />
Pseudognaphalium luteo-album<br />
Pterodiscus aurantiacus<br />
Ptycholobium biflorum ssp. angolense<br />
Pupalia lappacea burr<br />
Rhynchosia totta<br />
Rogeria bigibbosa white-flowered rogeria<br />
Selago alopecuroides<br />
Senecio consanguineus<br />
Senecio eenii (purple flowers)<br />
Senecio inaequidens (perennial, yellow<br />
flowers)<br />
Senecio windhoekensis (yellow flowers)<br />
Sericorema sericea<br />
Sida ovata<br />
Solanum catombelense bitter apple gifappel<br />
Solanum multiglandulosum<br />
Solanum rigescens<br />
Sutherlandia frutescens cancer bush kankerbossie<br />
Tapinanthus oleifolius Mistletoe voelent Streichholzpflanze<br />
Talinum arnotii<br />
Tephrosia dregeana<br />
Thunbergia aurea Black eyed Susan<br />
Tribulus terrestris (small flowers) devil's thorn dubbeltjie / duwweltjie Morgenstern<br />
Tribulus zeyheri (large flowers) devil's thorn dubbeltjie Morgenstern<br />
Tripteris nervosa<br />
Trochomeria macrocarpa ssp. vitifolia<br />
Vernonia poskeana subsp. botswanica<br />
Vigna frutescens wild cowpea<br />
Viscum rotundifolium Mistletoe voel-ent Schmarotzer<br />
Zehneria marlothii<br />
* indigenous to <strong>Namibia</strong>, but introduced to this area Page 6 of 9<br />
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<strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Garden</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />
Lilies<br />
Boophone disticha<br />
Chlorophytum krauseanum<br />
Crinum buphanoides<br />
Crinum lugardiae<br />
candelabra flower / Bushman<br />
poison bulb gifbol Fächerzwiebel, Gembsbockrad<br />
Dipcadi bakerianum Namib wild onion<br />
Dipcadi glaucum<br />
Dipcadi viride<br />
wild / poison onion malkop-ui Grünlilie / Giftzwiebel<br />
Drimia altissima slangkop Langer Schlangenkopf<br />
Drimia sanguinea slangkop Roter Schlangenkopf<br />
Eriospermum abyssinicum<br />
Eriospermum roseum<br />
Nerine laticoma<br />
Baboon's ear<br />
Ornithogalum pulchrum chinkerinchee<br />
Ornithoglossum vulgare Cape poison onion Karoo slangkop<br />
Pseudogaltonia clavata Cape hyacinth groenlelie / Suidwes slangkop Schopflilie<br />
braunes Vogelzünglein /<br />
Kp'scher Schlangenkopf<br />
Succulents<br />
Aloe dewinteri *<br />
Aloe hereroensis var. hereroensis Hereroland aloe Hereroland aalwyn Hereroland Aloe<br />
Aloe hereroensis var. lutea Hereroland aloe Hereroland aalwyn Hereroland Aloe<br />
Aloe litttoralis<br />
Aloe namibensis*<br />
Aloe striata ssp. karasbergensis*<br />
Windhoek aloe bergaalwyn Windhoek Aloe<br />
Aloe zebrina* zebra aloe zebra-aalwyn Zebra-Aloe<br />
Sansevieria aethiopica *<br />
Mother-in-law's tongue / piles<br />
root<br />
* indigenous to <strong>Namibia</strong>, but introduced to this area Page 7 of 9<br />
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<strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Garden</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />
Sansevieria pearsonii * gemsbok horn kniesteeker / kniesteker Gemsbockhorn<br />
Sarcostemma viminale ssp. thunbergii caustic bush bobbejaantou / melktou<br />
Grasses<br />
Anthephora pubescens Wool grass Borseltjiegras, Krulblaar Kruggras<br />
Aristida adscensionis Annual bristle grass Eenjarige steekgras Einjähriges Stechgras<br />
Aristida effusa Spreading stick grass Pluimsteekgras Rispen Stechgras<br />
Aristida meridionalis Giant stick grass Leeusteekgras Löwenstechgras<br />
Cenchrus ciliaris Buffalo grass Bloubuffelsgras Blaubüffelgras<br />
Digitaria eriantha Finger grass Wolvingergras Wolliges Fingergras<br />
Enneapogon cenchroides Common nine-awned grass Eenjarige negenaaldgras Einjähriges Neunborstengras<br />
Enneapogon scoparius Bottle-brush grass Kalkgras Besen-Neuenborstengras<br />
Eragrostis echinochloidea<br />
Eragrostis lappula<br />
Tick grass Krummelgras Hirse-Straussgras<br />
Eragrostis nindensis (small) Whether love grass Agtdaepluimgras Acht-Tage-Straussgras<br />
Eragrostis rotifer vlei love-grass Vleipluimgras Vley-Straussgras<br />
Eragrostis scopelophila mountain love-grass Bergpluimgras Fels-Straussgras<br />
Eragrostis superba Heart-seed love grass Bosluisgras, Weeluisgras Herz-Straussgras<br />
Eragrostis trichophora (very fine) Hairy love grass Behaarde pluimgras Haariges Straussgras<br />
Fingerhuthia africana Thimble grass Vingerhoedgras Stechdegengras<br />
Heteropogon contortus Spear grass Assegaaigras Gemeines Speergras<br />
Melinis repens ssp grandiflora Red-top Eenjarige fluweelgras Einjähriges Seidengras<br />
Microchloa caffra Sickle grass Elsgras Sichelgras<br />
Monelytrum luedertizianum Lüderitz grass Lüderitzgras Lüderitzgras<br />
Panicum maximum Guinea grass Groot-Panicum Grosses Hirsegras<br />
Pennisetum foermerianum false buffalo-grass valsbloubuffelsgras Berg-Fuchsschwanz<br />
Pogonarthria fleckii annual hairy fishbone-grass eenjarige denneboomgras Haariges Tannengras<br />
Schmidtia kalahariensis Bushman grass Kalaharisuurgras Sauergras<br />
Schmidtia pappophoroides Kalahari sand quick Kalaharisandkweek Kräuselgras<br />
Setaria verticillata<br />
Sporobolus<br />
Bur-bristle grass Klitsgras Klettgras<br />
Stipagrostis uniplumis Silky bushman grass Blinkhaarboesmangras Federgras<br />
Tragus racemosus large carrotseed-grass wortelsaadgras Lockerähriges Springbockgras<br />
Triraphis ramosissima branched needle-grass perdegras Fels-Straussenfedergras<br />
* indigenous to <strong>Namibia</strong>, but introduced to this area Page 8 of 9<br />
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<strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Garden</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />
Urochloa brachyura Einjähriges fettweidegras<br />
Sedges<br />
Bulbostylis hispidula<br />
Cyperus fulgens var. contractus uintjie / boesmanuintjie<br />
Kyllinga alata biesie<br />
Monandrus squarrosus ssp. squarrosus<br />
Mariscus rehmannianus<br />
Ferns<br />
Ceterach cordatum<br />
Cheilanthes dinteri<br />
Cheilanthes marlothii<br />
Pellaea calomelanos var. calomelanos<br />
Total number of species<br />
Herbs: 139 Sedges: 5 Ferns: 4 Lilies: 15<br />
Trees & Shrubs: 52 Grasses: 32 Succulents: 7<br />
Suggestions or comments on how to improve this list are welcome.<br />
Please notify us if you find plants in the garden that are not on the list.<br />
Contact person Silke Rügheimer, <strong>NBRI</strong>, Tel 2022014, e-mail: silker@nbri.org.na<br />
* indigenous to <strong>Namibia</strong>, but introduced to this area Page 9 of 9<br />
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