Zulu names: unoklamu, unokleshe, uklamkleshe According to Elsa Pooley’s Wildflowers of KwaZulu Natal, the underground tuber of this orchid is edible. Many of the Satyrium genus are used in traditional medicine – usually mixed with other plants and particularly for illnesses that are difficult to cure. 33 species occur in South Africa, some are used in…
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Spring Grassland Flowers
While Namaqualand gets all the publicity, the spring flowers of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands grasslands are an absolute delight for those who don’t follow the crowds. Only one in six plant species in grassland is actually a grass, with most of the perennial plants living for many years – re-sprouting annually, rather than seeding. This means…