Species library
Curated profiles of medicinal and indigenous plants under stewardship — conservation status, documented uses, referenced evidence, and links to the provenance records they support.
13 entries
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LCBitter aloe
Aloe ferox
Aloe ferox is a tall, single-stemmed aloe native to southern Africa. Its leaf exudate and inner leaf material support long-standing local use and a regulated botanical-products trade. SANBI assesses t…
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Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus E. grandis
Eucalyptus grandis is tracked here as a responsible-material source class: stump tag, compartment evidence, transport note, and supplier chain-of-custody references must reconcile before certificate i…
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LCDevil's claw
Harpagophytum procumbens
Harpagophytum procumbens is a dryland herb named for its hooked fruit. Its secondary storage tubers enter an international herbal trade, making harvest method, species identity and benefit-sharing cen…
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LCAfrican potato
Hypoxis hemerocallidea
Hypoxis hemerocallidea is a grassland geophyte with pleated, hairy leaves, yellow star-shaped flowers and a persistent underground corm. The corm is widely traded as African potato. Because harvest re…
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LCSouth African geranium
Pelargonium sidoides
Pelargonium sidoides is a southern African perennial with dark flowers, rounded leaves and an underground rootstock. Root extracts are used in registered herbal products in several markets. Accurate i…
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Patula pine
Pinus P. patula
Pinus patula appears in the Implats demo only as a responsible-material source class for timber provenance and supplier evidence reconciliation.
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Spekboom
Portulacaria P. afra
Portulacaria afra anchors thicket restoration and mine-closure carbon-readiness narratives: survival bands, browsing pressure, soil-cover recovery, and sap-flow monitoring are auditable before any car…
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VUAfrican cherry
Prunus africana
Prunus africana is a large Afromontane forest tree whose bark is traded internationally for herbal products. It is globally Vulnerable and listed in CITES Appendix II. Provenance must establish legal…
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LCMarula
Sclerocarya birrea
Sclerocarya birrea, marula, is a widespread African savanna tree valued for fruit, kernels, oil, shade and cultural practice. Female and male flowers usually occur on separate trees. Although the spec…
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CRWild ginger
Siphonochilus aethiopicus
Siphonochilus aethiopicus is an aromatic ginger-family geophyte with showy ground-level flowers. SANBI records it as Critically Endangered in South Africa and treats locality data as sensitive. Public…
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LCCancer bush
Lessertia frutescens
Lessertia frutescens, widely known under the synonym Sutherlandia frutescens, is a southern African shrub with red flowers and inflated pods. It has a broad traditional-use record and a modern supplem…
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Sweet thorn
Vachellia V. karroo
Vachellia karroo is used in the Implats demo as a hardy rehabilitation species for disturbed mine slopes, erosion control, and dust-buffer vegetation.
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ENPepper-bark tree
Warburgia salutaris
Warburgia salutaris, the pepper-bark tree, is Endangered in South Africa after major decline driven largely by destructive bark harvesting and habitat pressure. Public pages must not reveal wild locat…
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