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Flowers of Africa

Proteas and fynbos, desert daisies, flame trees, roses of the Rift Valley and the Atlas. 126 pages on Phool so far.

🇿🇦 South Africa 99🇲🇦 Morocco 26🇪🇬 Egypt 24🇬🇦 Gabon 22🇩🇿 Algeria 18🇲🇬 Madagascar 16🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 14🇸🇿 Eswatini 13🇪🇹 Ethiopia 12🇹🇳 Tunisia 12🇱🇸 Lesotho 11🇦🇴 Angola 10🇲🇿 Mozambique 10🇧🇼 Botswana 9🇬🇳 Guinea 9🇰🇪 Kenya 9🇳🇦 Namibia 9🇲🇼 Malawi 8🇲🇺 Mauritius 7🇹🇿 Tanzania 7🇬🇭 Ghana 4🇸🇩 Sudan 4🇿🇲 Zambia 4🇨🇲 Cameroon 3🇳🇬 Nigeria 3🇸🇳 Senegal 3🇸🇴 Somalia 3🇺🇬 Uganda 3🇪🇷 Eritrea 2🇱🇾 Libya 2🇸🇨 Seychelles 2🇨🇻 Cape Verde 1🇰🇲 Comoros 1🇲🇷 Mauritania 1🇷🇼 Rwanda 1🇸🇸 South Sudan 1
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Arabian coffeeCoffea arabica The white-flowered shrub whose beans make most of the world’s coffee 🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 4 more · Wildflower Place KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden A historic botanical garden in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Pietermaritzburg, 🇿🇦 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 Royal poincianaDelonix regia A tropical tree with bright red-orange flowers and fern-like leaves 🇲🇬 Madagascar and 8 more · Flowering tree Sparaxis Spring-flowering bulbs from South Africa with striking six-petalled blooms 🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower Protea neriifolia A South African shrub with cone-shaped flower heads and hairy-tipped bracts 🇿🇦 South Africa and 3 more · Wildflower African lilyAgapanthus praecox A long-lived perennial with blue, purple, or white umbels from South Africa 🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Garden flower Place Nieuwoudtville A South African town famed for its spring bulbs and wildflowers Namakwa, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Bloom site Place Limbe Botanic Garden Cameroon's main botanical garden with rare plants and historic trails by the ocean Limbe, 🇨🇲 Cameroon · 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 Pretoria National Botanical Garden A 76-hectare botanical garden in eastern Pretoria, South Africa Pretoria, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden Place Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden A major garden for South Africa’s native plants in Cape Town Cape Town, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden Crown of thornsEuphorbia milii A spiny flowering shrub with red, pink, or white bracts, native to Madagascar 🇲🇬 Madagascar and 5 more · Wildflower African violetSaintpaulia A small, velvety-leaved house plant with violet, blue or white flowers from East Africa 🇹🇿 Tanzania and 1 more · Wildflower Stephanotis A tropical climber with waxy, fragrant white flowers 🇲🇬 Madagascar · Climber Tritonia Strongly scented yellow to brown flowers from southern Africa 🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower Cape primroseStreptocarpus A houseplant with tubular blooms from African mountains and forests 🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower Barberton daisyGerbera jamesonii The bright daisy from South Africa, ancestor of all cultivated gerberas 🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Wildflower Zonal geraniumPelargonium × hortorum The classic potted and bedding plant with rounded leaves and ball-shaped flower heads 🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Garden flower Sweet alyssumLobularia maritima A low, honey-scented flower for gardens and coastal groundcover 🇨🇻 Cape Verde and 2 more · Wildflower Calla lilyZantedeschia Showy funnel-shaped flowers from southern Africa, grown worldwide as ornamentals 🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower Desert roseAdenium obesum A succulent shrub with bright pink to red flowers and a swollen base 🇲🇷 Mauritania and 7 more · Wildflower Proteasuikerbos Large-headed South African flowers called sugarbushes, with many wild species 🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower Iris unguicularis A winter-blooming iris with lilac or purple flowers and evergreen leaves 🇩🇿 Algeria and 4 more · Wildflower Protea magnifica A mountain shrub from South Africa with large, showy flower heads 🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower Protea eximia A tall South African shrub with large, colourful cone-shaped flower heads 🇿🇦 South Africa and 1 more · Wildflower Protea afra A variable shrub or small tree with pink to red flower heads from southern Africa 🇿🇦 South Africa and 6 more · Wildflower Protea roupelliae A small tree or shrub from southern Africa with striking flower heads 🇿🇦 South Africa and 1 more · Wildflower Red pincushion-proteaLeucospermum cordifolium A South African shrub with bright, pincushion-like flower heads 🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower LeekAllium ampeloprasum A mild-flavoured onion relative and Welsh emblem with edible leaf sheaths 🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Herb or useful flower Decoration Palm branch A symbol of victory, peace, and eternal life made from palm leaves 🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Offering or rite Rocket pincushionLeucospermum reflexum A South African shrub with striking orange or yellow downward-curving flowers 🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower Gladiolus alatus A small South African gladiolus with bright orange, sweet-scented flowers 🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower Hardy swamplilyCrinum bulbispermum A pink, white or red lily from southern Africa, grown for its showy, scented flowers 🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Garden flower Glandular Cape marigoldDimorphotheca sinuata A spring-blooming daisy from southern Africa with orange or yellow flowers 🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Wildflower Ivy-leaved geraniumPelargonium peltatum A trailing plant with fleshy, lobed leaves and pale mauve to pink flowers 🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower Decoration Superbloom A rare mass flowering of desert wildflowers after heavy seasonal rain 🇿🇦 South Africa · Parade or display 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 Stephanotis floribunda A tropical vine with clusters of fragrant white, waxy flowers from Madagascar 🇲🇬 Madagascar · Climber

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