Brian's Notebook

Cosmopolitan weeds. Datura ferox : And Datura stramonium : In both species, all parts of the plant are toxic, esp...

Pretty, but very invasive in some areas of South Africa: pompom weed ( Campuloclinium macrocephalum ). Originally from South America, it has...

A species of Cestrum . Originally from the Americas, they are somewhat popular garden plants in South Africa. In some areas they have become...

Aloe veracunda.  It is one of a group of slender-leaved aloes known as grass aloes. The aloes have traditionally been classified under the f...

Ancylobotrys capensis,  Also known as wild apricot. The fruits are pleasantly sweet-sour. If the baboons leave you any, that is. They are fo...

Artemisia afra , also known as wild wormwood or, in Afrikaans, wilde als, a common herb in Gauteng. Used by traditional healers to treat che...

Protea caffra,  one of the most common species of Protea  in Gauteng province.