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This is something which I want to do along time ago, I will post plant species of the Park.

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Is it ficus cordata (namaqua fig)?

Hi AG,
Although I am really bad in identifying plants, I think this is a great thread.
I am eager to learn more about plants and maybe I will even learn to identify some plants on my next trip
Please post more.
Nina

Hi pops that is indeed Ficus cordata
And thank you Nina there is enough plants here to get us going

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It is Ozoroa namaensis, also belongs to the Mango family.
Nama resin tree/ Harpuisboom

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Great thread...I am a complete novice with these plants of this area so also really look forward to learning...keep up the great work

Sorry, I have no idea
But I am waiting for someone to identify it
Nina

Hi AG,
Just wondered......do all these plants also occur in KTP?
Probably a stupid question, but as I said before, my knowledge of plants is very limited.

Nina

You've got me on this one. The closest I can make it is Ziziphus mucronata. Please don't keep me in suspense for tooooooo long.

I like the thread.

Ok, it is Boscia foetida
Stinkwitgat

@ Pops with Ziziphus on the leaves there is 3 veins extending from the basis, which is also characteristic of the family,if you look at Boscia foetida the leaves is place in rosettes.

@ Nina, not all plants which you will find there grow here, so just a few examples of trees and scrubs that you will find in both Parks.
Scrubs:
Swarthaak-Black thorn, Acacia mellifera
Stinkwitgat-Stinky shepards tree, Boscia foetida
Witgat-white shepards tree,Boscia albitrunca
Trees:
Kameeldoring-Camel thorn,Acacia erioloba
Lemoendoring,Parkinsonia africana

Ok this is just a few,then theirs bulbs and herbacious plants as well

Hi AG. Thanx for the enlightenment. What really fooled me was that your photograph of the tree was not the same as that in the van Wyk brothers books. At one stage I was sure that it could be Boscia albitrunca but the leaves once again didn't look quite correct.

Once again thanx for a super thread.

@ Pops thats why I took close up pics of the leaves,fruits,seeds which will help in identification purposes, growht form also plays a roll, but it is difficult to took pics for plants at least for me and also depending on the type of camera.
Glad you like the thread.

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AG, why don't you move this to the quizzes. When I read the heading of this thread, I thought that YOU did not know the name of the tree and asked advice from the forum.

Rooies, my intention is to show you forumites the plants of the park, depends on how you look at the heading but I will work on it and then just post pics of plants here.

Hi AG. I am a complete novice at trying to ID trees hence the interest in this thread. I have had difficulty with this tree and think it might be Boscia albitrunca. I must ask you to be patient with my ID's but I do appreciate your telling me where I am going wrong.
I thought you may have put this one in with tongue in cheek seeing that the previous was the Stinky Shepherds Bush.