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Protected trees of South Africa

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Adansonia digitata
species of plant
Catha edulis
Khat (Catha edulis), also known as '''Bushman's tea, especially in South Africa, is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, and the sole species in genus Catha'''. It is a shrub or tree native to eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia and South Sudan to Angola and the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It grows in montane riverine and evergreen forests from 1,100 to 2,400 metres elevation.
Sclerocarya birrea
species of plant
Rhizophora mucronata
species of plant
Prunus africana
species of plant
Bruguiera gymnorhiza
species of plant
Barringtonia racemosa
species of plant in the family Lecythidaceae
Podocarpus latifolius
species of plant
Vachellia erioloba
species of plant
Afrocarpus falcatus
African tree species
Lumnitzera
Lumnitzera is an Indo-West Pacific mangrove genus in the family Combretaceae. An English common name is black mangrove. (However, "black mangrove" may also refer to the unrelated genus Avicennia.) Lumnitzera, named after the German botanist, Stephan Lumnitzer (1750-1806), occurs in mangroves from East Africa to the Western Pacific (including Fiji and Tonga), and northern Australia.
Curtisia dentata
Curtisia dentata (commonly known as the Assegai tree or Cape lancewood, , , ) is a flowering tree from Southern Africa. It is the sole species in genus Curtisia, which was originally classed as a type of "dogwood" (Cornaceae), but is now placed in its own unique family Curtisiaceae.
Pterocarpus angolensis
species of plant
Combretum imberbe
African tree species
Ceriops tagal
species of plant
Leucadendron argenteum
species of plant
Ocotea bullata
species of plant
Widdringtonia schwarzii
species of plant
Brachystegia spiciformis
species of plant
Boscia albitrunca
species of plant
Securidaca longepedunculata
species of plant
Warburgia salutaris
species of plant
Apodytes dimidiata
species of plant
Ficus trichopoda
species of plant
Podocarpus elongatus
species of plant
Breonadia salicina
species of plant
Balanites maughamii
species of plant
Podocarpus henkelii
species of plant
Afzelia quanzensis
species of plant
Sideroxylon inerme
species of plant
Mimusops afra
species of plant
Newtonia hildebrandtii
species of plant
Pittosporum viridiflorum
African tree species
Protea comptonii
species of plant
Philenoptera violacea
species of plant
Acacia haematoxylon
species of plant
Widdringtonia wallichii
species of plant
Lydenburgia
Lydenburgia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. It includes two species which are endemic to South Africa.
Euclea pseudebenus
species of South African tree
Cleistanthus schlechteri
species of plant
Elaeodendron transvaalense
species of plant
Ozoroa namaquensis
species of plant
Erythrophysa transvaalensis
Southern African shrub species
Tephrosia pondoensis
species of plant
Cassipourea swaziensis
species of plant
Colubrina nicholsonii
species of plant