Trees of The Kruger National Park
This
is a partial list of some of the trees to be seen in the Kruger National Park …
identifying them is quite different and difficult.
The Gertenbach
landscapes
section of this website refers to many of these trees using only their Latin or
Botanical names so here is a good reference point to relate this section to.
This is why this list has been compiled. Before reading the
list below of the tree species occurring in the Kruger National Park, it is
interesting to note that the Kruger also has a "Big Five" of trees:
- Baobab Tree
- Fever Tree
- Knob Thorn Acacia
- Marula Tree
- Mopani Tree
Below is a full list of the Kruger National Parks Tree Species categorised by their scientific names and then there common names:
- Acacia burkei ... Common name: Black monkey-thorn
Acacia caffra ... Common name: Common hook-thorn
Acacia exuvialis ... Common name: Flaky acacia
Acacia gerrardii ... Common name: Red thorn
Acacia grandicornuta ... Common name: Horned thorn
Acacia karroo ... Common name: Sweet thorn
Acacia mellifra ... Common name: Black thorn
Acacia nigrescens ... Common name: Knobthorn
Acacia nilotica ... Common name: Scented thorn
Acacia rubista ... Common name: Splendid acacia
Acacia senegal ... Common name: Three-thorned acacia
Acacia sieberana ... Common name: Paperbark acacia
Acacia tortilis ... Common name: Umbrella thorn
Albizia adianthifolia ... Common name: Flat-crown
Albizia forbesii ... Common name: Broad-pod albizia
Albizia harveyii ... Common name: Common false thorn
Albizia petersiana ... Common name: Many-stemmed albizia
Balanites maughamii ... Common name: Torchwood
Bauhinia galpinii ... Common name: Pride of Cape
Berchemia discolor ... Common name: Brown ivory
Berchemia zeyheri ... Common name: Red ivory
Bolusanthus speciosus ... Common name: Tree wistaria
Boscia albitrunca ... Common name: Shepperd’s tree
Carissa bispinosa ... Common name: Num num
Carissa edulis ... Common name: Simple-spined num num
Cassia abreviata ... Common name: Sjambokpod
Cassine transvaalensis ... Common name: Transvaal saffron wood
Combretum apiculatum ... Common name: Red bushwillow
Combretum collinum ... Common name: Bushwillow
Combretum erythrophyllum ... Common name: River bushwillow
Combretum hereroense ... Common name: Russet bushwillow
Combretum imberbe ... Common name: Leadwood
Combretum zeyheri ... Common name: Large-fruited bushwillow
Commiphora africana ... Common name: Hairy corkwood
Commiphora mollis ... Common name: Velvet corkwood
Commiphora neglecta ... Common name: Sweet-root corkwood
Commiphora pyracanthoide ... Common name: Common corkwood
Commophora schimperi ... Common name: Glossy-leaved Commiphora
Dalbergia mecanoxylon ... Common name: Zebra wood
Dichrostachys cinerea ... Common name: Sickle bush
Dinocanthium hystrix ... Common name: Porcupine bush
Diospyros mespiliformes ... Common name: Jackal berry
Dombeya rotundifolia ... Common name: Wild pear
Ehretia amoena ... Common name: Sandpaper bush
Ekebergia capensis ... Common name: Cape ash
Erythrina humeana ... Common name: Dwarf Coral
Erythrina lysistemon ... Common name: Coral tree
Euclea divinorum ... Common name: Magic guarri
Euclea natalensis ... Common name: Large-leaved guarri
Euclea undulata ... Common name: Common guarri
Euphorbia ingens ... Common name: Candelabra tree
Faidherbia albida ... Common name: Ana tree
Ficus albitifolia ... Common name: Large-leaved rock fig
Ficus natalensis ... Common name: Common wild fig
Ficus stuhlmannii ... Common name: Lowveld fig
Ficus sycomorus ... Common name: Sycamore fig
Ficus verruculosa ... Common name: Water fig
Gardenia volkensii ... Common name: Transvaal gardenia
Grewia bicolor ... Common name: Brandybush
Grewia flavenscens ... Common name: Rough-leaved raisin
Grewia hexamita ... Common name: Giant raisin
Grewia monticola ... Common name: Silver raisin
Grewia villosa ... Common name: Mallow raisin
Gymnosporia buxifolia ... Common name: Common spike thorn
Gymnosporia senegalensis ... Common name: Red spike-thorn
Kigelia africana ... Common name: Sausage tree
Lannea discolor ... Common name: Live-long
Lannea schweinfurtii ... Common name: False marula
Lonchocarpus capassa ... Common name: Apple-leaf
Manilkara mochisia ... Common name: Lowveld milkberry
Mundulea sericea ... Common name: Cork bush
Olax dissitiflora ... Common name: Kooboo-berry
Ormocarpum trichocarpum ... Common name: Caterpillar pod
Ozoroa panculosa ... Common name: Resin tree
Pappea capensis ... Common name: Indaba tree
Peltophorum africanum ... Common name: Weeping wattle
Phoenix reclinata ... Common name: Wild date palm
Phyllanthus reticulatus ... Common name: Potato bush
Ptacroxylon obliquum ... Common name: Sneezewood
Pterocarpus rotundifolius ... Common name: Round-leaved kiaat
Rhoicissus tridentata ... Common name: Bitter grape
Rhus gueinzii ... Common name: Thorny karree
Schotia brachypetala ... Common name: Weeping boer-bean
Sclerocarya birrea ... Common name: Marula
Securinega virosa ... Common name: White-berry bush
Senna petersiana ... Common name: Monkey pod
Spirostachys africana ... Common name: Tamboti
Sterculia rogersii ... Common name: Star-chestnut
Strychnos madagascariensis ... Common name: Black monkey orange
Strychnos spinosa ... Common name: Spiny monkey orange
Terminalia sericea ... Common name: Purple-pod terminalia
Terminalia sericea ... Common name: Silver terminalia
Trichilia emetica ... Common name: Natal mahogany
Vanguera infausta ... Common name: Wild medlar
Xanthocercis zambesiaca ... Common name: Nyala tree
Ximenia americana ... Common name: Blue sourplum
Ximenia caffra ... Common name: Large sourplum
Ziziphus mucronata ... Common name: Buffalo thorn
