Flowers of Africa

Proteas and fynbos, desert daisies, flame trees, roses of the Rift Valley and the Atlas. 84 pages on Phool so far.

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OleanderNerium oleander A showy, evergreen shrub with clusters of pink, white or red flowers 🇲🇦 Morocco and 8 more · Flowering shrub

WaterlilyNymphaea Floating aquatic flowers found in ponds and lakes worldwide 🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Water flower

Pelargonium A diverse group of flowering plants often grown as garden and house plants 🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower

Arabian coffeeCoffea arabica The white-flowered shrub whose beans make most of the world’s coffee 🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 4 more · Wildflower

Erica Evergreen shrubs with tiny needle leaves and nodding flowers, known as heaths or heathers 🇿🇦 South Africa and 1 more · Wildflower

Place Hantam National Botanical Garden A vast wildflower reserve near Nieuwoudtville in South Africa’s Northern Cape Nieuwoudtville, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden, Aug to Oct

Place Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden A South African garden for succulents and arid-region plants at Worcester Worcester, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden

Place Harold Porter National Botanical Garden A botanical garden of fynbos and forest near Betty's Bay, South Africa Betty's Bay, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden

Place KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden A historic botanical garden in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Pietermaritzburg, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden

Place Stellenbosch University Botanical GardenUniversiteit Stellenbosch Botaniese Tuin A compact university garden in Stellenbosch with rare and diverse plant collections Stellenbosch, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden

Place Johannesburg Botanical Garden A large public garden in Johannesburg known for its rose terraces and themed plant areas Johannesburg, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden Place Garden Route Botanical Garden A botanical garden in George, South Africa, with native Southern Cape plants George, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden

Place Victoria Botanical Gardens A 15-acre botanical garden in Victoria, Mahé, focused on Seychelles' native plants Victoria, 🇸🇨 Seychelles · Botanical garden

Place Botanical and Zoological Garden of TsimbazazaValan-javamaniry amam binin' i Tsimbazaza Madagascar’s largest botanical and zoological garden in Antananarivo Antananarivo, 🇲🇬 Madagascar · Botanical garden

Flame lilyGloriosa superba A striking red and yellow climbing flower, national emblem of Zimbabwe and Tamil Nadu 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe and 9 more · Wildflower

Lampranthus A succulent with large, vivid flowers from southern Africa 🇳🇦 Namibia and 1 more · Wildflower

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana A compact succulent with bright winter blooms from Madagascar 🇲🇬 Madagascar and 1 more · Garden flower

Nemesia A group of colourful bedding plants from South Africa 🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower

Sparaxis Spring-flowering bulbs from South Africa with striking six-petalled blooms 🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower

Eucomis Bulbous perennials with pineapple-like flower spikes from southern Africa 🇿🇦 South Africa and 5 more · Wildflower

Helichrysum A large group of daisy-like flowers known for their lasting dried blooms 🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Wildflower

Flowering flaxLinum grandiflorum A red-flowered annual flax from North Africa, grown in gardens worldwide 🇩🇿 Algeria and 1 more · Wildflower

Ornithogalum thyrsoides A white, long-lasting bulb flower from South Africa’s Cape Province 🇿🇦 South Africa · Bulb flower

Egyptian white water-lilyNymphaea lotus A night-blooming white water-lily and the national flower of Egypt 🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 more · Water flower

Cape aloeAloe ferox A tall, spiny aloe from southern Africa with orange-red flowers and medicinal uses 🇱🇸 Lesotho · Wildflower

Place Menara Gardensحدائق المنارة A historic orchard and water garden west of Marrakesh, Morocco Marrakesh, 🇲🇦 Morocco · Flower garden

Place Nieuwoudtville A South African town famed for its spring bulbs and wildflowers Namakwa, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Bloom site

Place Botanical Garden Hammaحديقة التجارب الحامة A historic 32-hectare botanical garden in Algiers, Algeria Algiers, 🇩🇿 Algeria · Botanical garden

Place National Botanical Gardens (Uganda) A lakeside botanical garden with rainforest, wildlife and music festivals in Entebbe Entebbe, 🇺🇬 Uganda · Botanical garden, November

Place Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden A historic garden in Mauritius known for giant water lilies and rare palms Pamplemousses, 🇲🇺 Mauritius · Botanical garden

Place Limbe Botanic Garden Cameroon's main botanical garden with rare plants and historic trails by the ocean Limbe, 🇨🇲 Cameroon · Botanical garden

Place National Botanic Garden A large garden in Harare showing Zimbabwe’s native and exotic plants Harare, 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Botanical garden

Place National Botanical Garden Botswana’s first botanical garden, showing native plants from six regions Gaborone, 🇧🇼 Botswana · Botanical garden

Place Lowveld National Botanical Garden A riverside botanical garden with wild and landscaped areas in Mbombela, South Africa Mbombela, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden

Place Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden A 300-hectare botanical garden and nature reserve in Roodepoort, South Africa Johannesburg, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden

Place Durban Botanic Gardens Africa's oldest surviving botanical garden in subtropical Durban Durban, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden

Place Orman Gardenحديقة الأورمان A historic botanical garden in Giza with a spring flower festival Cairo, 🇪🇬 Egypt · Botanical garden, Mar to Apr

Place Majorelle GardenJardin Majorelle A vibrant artist’s garden and museum complex in Marrakech, Morocco Marrakech, 🇲🇦 Morocco · Flower garden

Place Company's Garden Cape Town’s historic public garden and heritage park Cape Town, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Flower garden

Place Curepipe Botanic Gardens A cool-climate botanical garden in the highlands of Mauritius Curepipe, 🇲🇺 Mauritius · Botanical garden

Place Aburi Botanical Gardens A historic botanical garden in Aburi, Eastern Region, Ghana Aburi, 🇬🇭 Ghana · Botanical garden

Bot River proteaProtea compacta Pink, bowl-shaped protea from the Cape’s coastal mountains 🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower

Mussaenda erythrophylla A West African shrub with bright, colourful bracts and star-shaped flowers 🇬🇦 Gabon · Flowering shrub

Place Pretoria National Botanical Garden A 76-hectare botanical garden in eastern Pretoria, South Africa Pretoria, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden

Gladiolus tristis A tall, fragrant gladiolus with cream flowers from southern Africa 🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Wildflower

Crinum moorei A tall, fragrant lily from South Africa with white or pale pink blooms 🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 more · Wildflower

Decoration History of flower arrangement How arranging flowers became an art across cultures and centuries 🇪🇬 Egypt and 3 more · Arrangement

Brunsvigia Bulbous plants with striking pink or red flowers from southern Africa 🇹🇿 Tanzania and 1 more · Wildflower

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Hantam National Botanical Garden: Nieuwoudtville Cape, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden: Abu Shawka, CC0, source
Harold Porter National Botanical Garden: Abu Shawka, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden: I created this image. JMK ( talk ) 20:11, 22 June 2011 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden: Martin F. Smit ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Johannesburg Botanical Garden: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Victoria Botanical Gardens: A.Savin, FAL, source
Botanical and Zoological Garden of Tsimbazaza: Woodlouse, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Pelargonium: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Arabian coffee: Marcelo Corrêa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Flame lily: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
Lampranthus: Bilby, CC BY 3.0, source
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana: বাক্যবাগীশ, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Nemesia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Sparaxis: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Eucomis: yakovlev.alexey, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Helichrysum: Iorsh at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
Flowering flax: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Ornithogalum thyrsoides: Winfried Bruenken ( Amrum ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Egyptian white water-lily: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Cape aloe: iNaturalist.org (Di Turner) (Di%20Turner), CC0, source
Menara Gardens: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Nieuwoudtville: Andrew Hall, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Waterlily: Ragesoss, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Oleander: Unknown author, CC BY 2.5, source
Botanical Garden Hamma: Khaled zouaoui, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
National Botanical Gardens (Uganda): Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden: Lonelyplanet, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
Limbe Botanic Garden: Mopao2017, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
National Botanic Garden: Steven Haw, CC BY 2.0, source
National Botanical Garden: S Molteno, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Lowveld National Botanical Garden: Johann Snyman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Durban Botanic Gardens: Purves, M. ( Michaelwild at en.wikipedia ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Orman Garden: Wilrooij, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Majorelle Garden: Viault, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Company's Garden: Jorge Lascar, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Curepipe Botanic Gardens: Coolth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Erica: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Aburi Botanical Gardens: Lionel Scheepmans, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Bot River protea: Andrew Massyn, Public domain, source
Mussaenda erythrophylla: Tatiana Gerus, CC BY 2.0, source
Pretoria National Botanical Garden: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Gladiolus tristis: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Crinum moorei: This Photo was taken by Timothy A. Gonsalves . Feel free to use my pho, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
History of flower arrangement: Otto Scholderer, Public domain, source
Brunsvigia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Flowers of Africa

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