Articles in Woody Weeds

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Wild Peacah - Prunus Persica
Wild Peacah - Prunus Persica
Perennial deciduous tree to 5m tall.
Leaves alternate, bright green to 10cm long and 4cm across, with finely serrated marginl.
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Wild Tobacco Tree - Solanum Mauritianum
Wild Tobacco Tree - Solanum Mauritianum
Erect tree to 5m high. Leaves to 40cm long and 15cm wide, are covered with dense fluffy star-shaped hairs.
Inflorescence[...] |
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Yellow Bells - Tecoma Stans
Yellow Bells - Tecoma Stans
Fast-growing shrub to 5m.
Leaves to 25cm long, with 3-13 serrated leaflets.
Showy clusters of tubular yellow flowers 5cm lo[...] |
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African Boxthorn - Lycium Ferocissimum
African Boxthorn - Lycium Ferocissimum
Branched shrub to 4 M, lateral branches ending in a spine.
Leaves 10 - 40 mm long and 4 - 10 mm wide.
Flowers white to pale lilac[...] |
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Afircan Olive - Olea Europaea var. Africana
Afircan Olive - Olea Europaea var. Africana
Multi-stemmed tree to 10 m.
Simple, entire, opposite leaves are glossy above, yellow-brown below, with a hooked tip.
Small g[...] |
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Athel Pine - Tamarix Aphylla
Athel Pine - Tamarix Aphylla
Tree to 15 m with pendulous branches.
Fine, dull, blue-green leaves are needle-like.
Small pale pink flowers in spikes 2-3[...] |
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Australia Blackthorn - Bursaria Spinosa
Australia Blackthorn - Bursaria Spinosa
Shrub to 3 m with spiny branches.
Highly variable leaves often wedge-shaped with a notched tip, 20-40 mm long and 3-12 m[...] |
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Black locust - Robinia Pseudoacacia
Black locust - Robinia Pseudoacacia
Erect thorny tree to 15 m. Compound leaves of up to 21 leaflets.
Clusters of white pea flowers during spring to early summer[...] |
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Blackberry - Rubus Anglocandicans
Blackberry - Rubus Anglocandicans
Erect, thorny spreading shrub to 1.5 m high and to 7 m wide.
Compound leaves with 4 or 5 leaflets with serreate margins, whiti[...] |
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Broad-Leaf Privet - Ligustrum Lucidum
Broad-Leaf Privet - Ligustrum Lucidum
Tree to 12m high. Leaves opposite, underside lighter than above.
Flowers small, white, four petals, flowering abundantly.<[...] |
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Camphor Laurel - Cinnamomum Camphora
Camphor Laurel - Cinnamomum Camphora
Tree to 15m tall. Glossy leaves three veined at base, 5-10cm long, 2-5cm wide, smelling of camphor when crushed.
Small flow[...] |
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Castor Oil Plant - Ricinus Communis
Castor Oil Plant - Ricinus Communis
Perennial shrub to 5m.
Large lobed leaves with toothed margins from 10-40 cm long with stems attaching on underside of leaf.[...] |
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Chinee Apple - Ziziphus Mauritiana
Chinee Apple - Ziziphus Mauritiana
Erect shrub or tree with paired spines, one straight and one curved.
Leaves rounded 2-8cm long 0.8-5cm wide, densely woolly h[...] |
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Chinese Celtis - Celtis Sinensis
Chinese Celtis - Celtis Sinensis
Large deciduous tree to 15m.
Leaves slightly asymmetrical, to 9cm long and 4cm wide.
Inconspicuous flowers develop in [...] |
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Coral berry - Rivina Humilis
Coral berry - Rivina Humilis
Erect Perennial herb or shrub 0.4-1m tall. Leaves alternate, smooth, on stalks 1-3cm long.
Small white-green flowers borne along ra[...] |
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Firethorn - Pyracantha spp.
Firethorn - Pyracantha spp.
Evergreen spiny shrub to 5m high and wide.
Leaves dark green, shiny and hairless on the upper surface, grey-green and densely hairy [...] |
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Golden Rain Tree - Koelreuteria Elegans
Golden Rain Tree - Koelreuteria Elegans
Deciduous tree 6-15m tall.
Compound leaves, with irregularly toothed leaflets.
Small yellow flowers with 5 peta[...] |
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Gorse - Ulex Europaeus
Gorse - Ulex Europaeus
Erect or spreading shrub 0.6-2m tall with rigid spine-tipped branches.
Leaves are narrow rigid spines.
Flowers massess of yellow[...] |
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Green Cestrum - Cestrum parqui
Green Cestrum - Cestrum parqui
Errect perennial shrub to 3m.
Shiny leaves to 3cm wide and 10cm long.
Yellow trumpet shaped flowers borne on tip of plan[...] |
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Groundsel Bush - Baccharis Halimifolia
Groundsel Bush - Baccharis Halimifolia
Perennial, Densely branched shrub to 7m high.
Alternate wedge shaped leaves with large teeth on the upper margins.
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Honey Locust - Gleditsia Triacanthos
Honey Locust - Gleditsia Triacanthos
Perennial deciduous tree to 20m.
Trunk and limbs often covered in large branched spines.
Leaves to 10cm long with [...] |
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Karoo Thorn - Acacia Karroo
Karoo Thorn - Acacia Karroo
Shrub to 12m, with dark rough bark and white thorns 10-25cm long.
Leaves are 12cm long, divided into fine leaflets.
Cluster[...] |
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Lantana - Lantana Camara
Lantana - Lantana Camara
Sprawling shrub, usually to 3m high.
Opposite, ovate leaves to 8cm long with toothed margins.
Square stems carry small prickle[...] |
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Leucaena - Leucaena Leucocephala
Leucaena - Leucaena Leucocephala
Shrub to 7m tall. Leaves 7-14cm long, twice divided, with 8-20 pairs of leaflets on side branches.
Pale cream ball flowers are [...] |
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Mesquite - Prosopis spp.
Mesquite - Prosopis spp.
Deciduous shrub to 5m, with two straight robust spines above each leaf axil.
Leaves with 1-2 pairs of divided leaflets.
Yello[...] |
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Mimosa Bush - Acacia Farnesiana
Mimosa Bush - Acacia Farnesiana
Shrub to 3m forming thorny thickets.
Thorns in pairs below leaf axil. Twice-divided foliage has 1-6 pairs of primary leaf divisi[...] |
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Ochna - Ochna Serrulata
Ochna - Ochna Serrulata
Shrub 1-1.7m tall. Leaves stiff, shiny, 2-5cm long with serrated margins.
Single yellow flowers borne on top of shoots in spring-summer.[...] |
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Parkinsonia - Parkinsonia aculeata
Parkinsonia - Parkinsonia aculeata
Tree to 10m tall, branches with sharp curved spines.
Leaves alternate with 1 or 2 pairs of flattened stems bearing numerous s[...] |
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Prickly Acacia - Acacia Nilotica
Prickly Acacia - Acacia Nilotica
Spreading tree 4-5m tall. Leaves with 10-25 pairs of leaflets and a pair of stout spines at leaf axils.
2-6 golden ball flowers[...] |
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Rubber Vine - Cryptostegia Grandiflora
Rubber Vine - Cryptostegia Grandiflora
Shrub to 3m or robust woody climber, with milky sap.
Leaves opposite, glossy, dark green.
Flowers pink to purple[...] |
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Running Bamboo - Phyllostachys Aurea
Running Bamboo - Phyllostachys Aurea
A dense cane-forming grass to 7m tall.
Woody stems are 3.5cm diameter, yellow in full sunlight.
It has strong unde[...] |
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Tipuana - Tipuana Tipu
Tipuana - Tipuana Tipu
Fast-growing tree to 10m.
Compound leaves have 14-20 opposite leaflets with a notched tip.
Yellow stalked flowers 2cm across are[...] |
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Tree of Heaven - Ailanthus Altissima
Tree-of-Heaven - Ailanthus Altissima
Tall deciduous tree.
Leaves 70cm long divided into 9-25 leaflets, leaflets lobed at base, with gland near tip of lobe.
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