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Collection Holdings native to Swaziland:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Agapanthoideae

    • Agapanthus caulescens - South Africa, Kwazulu Natal

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Nerine rehmannii - Northern Prov. to Swaziland

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Haemantheae

    • Clivia miniata - South Africa
    • Clivia miniata - South Africa
    • Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. Katherinae - South Africa

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Apioideae
      Tribe Heteromorpheae

      • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

      Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

      • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Ceropegieae

        • Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii - South Africa
        • Ceropegia stapeliiformis - Mozambique to S. Africa
        • Huernia zebrina -
        • Stapelia gigantea - South Africa

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Carisseae

        • Acokanthera oppositifolia - Kenya to S. Africa

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

        • Tabernaemontana elegans - S. Somalia to S. Africa

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Zantedeschieae

          • Zantedeschia aethiopica - South Africa. Locally naturalized in southern and western Europe

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Agavoideae
            Tribe Anthericeae

            • Chlorophytum comosum - W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa
            • Chlorophytum comosum cv. - W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa
            • Chlorophytum saundersiae - South Africa, Kwazulu Natal, Swaziland

            Subfamily Asparagoideae

            • Asparagus africanus - Trop. & S. Africa, Arabian Pen., W. India
            • Asparagus densiflorus 'Meyerii' - Mozambique (Inhaca Is.) to S. Africa
            • Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri' - Mozambique (Inhaca Is.) to S. Africa

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Eriospermeae

            • Eriospermum cooperi - South Africa W/C

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Hyacintheae

            • Drimiopsis maculata - Tanzania to S. Africa

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Ornithogaleae

            • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Urgineeae

            • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa
            • Drimia uniflora - Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Asphodeloideae

              • Aloe arborescens - S. Trop. & S. Africa
              • Aloe cooperi - Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal W/C
              • Aloe marlothii - SE. Botswana to KwaZulu-Natal W/C
              • Aloe spicata - SE. Zimbabwe to S. Africa
              • Bulbine frutescens - South Africa
              • Haworthiopsis limifolia - S. Mozambique to S. Mpumalanga W/C
              • Haworthiopsis limifolia - S. Mozambique to S. Mpumalanga W/C
              • Haworthiopsis limifolia - S. Mozambique to S. Mpumalang W/C

              Bignoniaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Tecomeae

                • Tecoma capensis - Tanzania to S. Africa

                Caryophyllaceae

                  Subfamily Paronychioideae
                  Tribe Paronychieae

                  • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

                  Celastraceae

                  • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                  Colchicaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Colchiceae

                    • Gloriosa modesta - Zimbabwe to S. Africa

                    Combretaceae

                      Subfamily Combretoideae
                      Tribe Combreteae

                      • Combretum molle - Africa

                      Convolvulaceae

                        Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                        Tribe Ipomoeeae

                        • Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar

                        Crassulaceae

                          Subfamily Crassuloideae

                          • Crassula perfoliata var. falcata - South Africa - Cape Province

                          Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                          Tribe Kalanchoeae

                          • Kalanchoe luciae - eastern South Africa to Mozambique

                          Didiereaceae

                          • Portulacaria afra - South Africa
                          • Portulacaria afra 'Cork Bark' - South Africa
                          • Portulacaria afra 'variegata' -

                          Dioscoreaceae

                          • Dioscorea sylvatica - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                          Droseraceae

                          • Drosera dielsiana - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                          Ebenaceae

                          • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

                          Equisetaceae

                          • Equisetum ramosissimum - warm-temperate to tropical, nearly cosmopolitan

                          Euphorbiaceae

                            Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                            Tribe Euphorbieae

                            • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas

                            Fabaceae

                              Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                              Tribe Detarieae

                              • Schotia brachypetala - Africa to India / Pakistan

                              Geraniaceae

                              • Pelargonium odoratissimum - southern Africa

                              Gesneriaceae

                                Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
                                Tribe Didymocarpeae

                                • Streptocarpus dunnii - South Africa, Swaziland

                                Hypoxidaceae

                                • Hypoxis hemerocallidea - southern Africa
                                • Hypoxis villosa - South Africa

                                Iridaceae

                                  Subfamily Aristeoideae

                                  • Aristea ecklonii - Cameroon, Uganda to S. Africa

                                  Subfamily Crocoideae

                                  • Hesperantha coccinea - South Africa - eastern Cape and Natal

                                  Subfamily Ixioideae
                                  Tribe Freesieae

                                  • Freesia laxa - W. Kenya to S. Africa

                                  Kirkiaceae

                                  • Kirkia wilmsii - South Africa

                                  Lamiaceae

                                    Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                    Tribe Ocimeae

                                    • Plectranthus amboinicus - Kenya to S. Africa, Arabian Pen., India
                                    • Plectranthus neochilus - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                                    • Tetradenia riparia - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                    Lentibulariaceae

                                    • Genlisea hispidula - subtropical southern Africa
                                    • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                                    Loganiaceae

                                    • Strychnos spinosa - Eastern Cape to Kwazulu-Natal northwards to Mozambique

                                    Malpighiaceae

                                    • Acridocarpus natalitius - southern Africa - eastern Cape, Swaziland, Mozambique

                                    Malvaceae

                                      Subfamily Grewioideae
                                      Tribe Grewieae

                                      • Grewia occidentalis - South Africa - western Cape to Zimbabwe & Mozambique

                                      Meliaceae

                                        Subfamily Melioideae
                                        Tribe Turraeeae

                                        • Turraea floribunda - eastern Africa

                                        Melianthaceae

                                        • Greyia sutherlandii - Eastern Cape, the eastern Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and easte

                                        Myrothamnaceae

                                        • Myrothamnus flabellifolius - southern Africa

                                        Myrtaceae

                                          Subfamily Psiloxyloideae
                                          Tribe Heteropyxideae

                                          • Heteropyxis natalensis - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                          Nymphaeaceae

                                          • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                                          Ochnaceae

                                            Subfamily Ochnoideae
                                            Tribe Ochneae

                                            • Ochna serrulata - subtropical (east) coast of southern Africa

                                            Oleaceae

                                              Subfamily
                                              Tribe Oleeae

                                              • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                                              Orchidaceae

                                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                • Ansellia africana - South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe
                                                • Eulophia petersii - Eritrea to S. Africa, Socotra, Arabian Pen.

                                                Poaceae

                                                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                  Tribe Paniceae

                                                  • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                                  Primulaceae

                                                    Subfamily Maesoideae

                                                    • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                                                    Pteridaceae

                                                      Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                      • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                      Rubiaceae

                                                        Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                        Tribe Gardenieae

                                                        • Burchellia bubalina - South Africa, Natal

                                                        Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                        Tribe Vanguerieae

                                                        • Vangueria madagascariensis - Trop. & S. Africa, Madagascar

                                                        Solanaceae

                                                          Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                          Tribe Physaleae

                                                          • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                          Stilbaceae

                                                          • Halleria lucida - South Africa, Natal

                                                          Velloziaceae

                                                            Subfamily Vellozioideae

                                                            • Xerophyta retinervis - Botswana to Swaziland
                                                            • Xerophyta viscosa - South Africa

                                                            Vitaceae

                                                              Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                              • Cissus rotundifolia - eastern Africa

                                                              Zygophyllaceae

                                                                Subfamily Tribuloideae

                                                                • Balanites maughamii - S. Tanzania to S. Africa
                                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 87 accessions native to Swaziland

                                                                W/C = Wild Collected
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                                                                = accession added within past 90 days

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