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Vegetation

With the Kruger National Park being so vast it naturally has a tremendous botanic diversity. Simplistically the Kruger National Park can be divided into 16 macro ecozones. The northern half of the park, north of the Olifants River is predominantly mopane veld, while south of the Olifants the ecozones are thornveld.

There are 336 tree species in the park.

Prevalent or Striking Species

  1. Baobab
  2. Common Cluster Fig
  3. Common Coral Tree
  4. Delagoa Thorn
  5. Fever Tree
  6. Jackalberry
  7. Knob Thorn
  8. Lala Palm
  9. Leadwood
  10. Lowveld Fig
  11. Marula
  12. Monkey Orange
  13. Mopane
  14. Natal Mahogany
  15. Raisin Bush
  16. Red Bushwillow
  17. Round-leafed Teak
  18. Sausage Tree
  19. Tamboti
  20. Transvaal Mustard Tree

Protected Trees of the KNP

(Government Gazette No. 26752 of 10 September 2004)

Of the 47 species listed, 17 (36%) occur in the KNP.

  1. Adansonia digitata
  2. Afzelia quanzensis
  3. Balanites maughamii
  4. Boscia albitrunca
  5. Breonadia salicina
  6. Catha edulis
  7. Cleistanthus schlechteri var. schlechteri
  8. Combretum imberbe
  9. Elaeodendron transvaalensis
  10. Newtonia hildebrandtii var. hildebrandti
  11. Philenoptera violacea
  12. Pterocarpus angolensis
  13. Securidaca longepedunculata
  14. Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra
  15. Sideroxylon inerme subsp. inerme
  16. Warburgia salutaris