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. It will be improved upon … in time.
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