plants

NationalLucas Ledwaba | 2018-09-28 00:00:00

Elias Thabo Marotola was hard at work harvesting medicinal plants in a thicket at the foot of the Mogodumo mountain in Limpopo when he suddenly...

Woody plants on the march: Trees and shrubs are encroaching across Africa

EnvironmentZander Venter | 2018-08-13 17:53:00

Forests are being cleared by humans at an alarming rate. Since 2000,

Traditional innovation

Special ReportsTamsin Oxford | 2018-06-29 00:00:00

South Africa has long been recognised as a country rich in tradition and biodiversity. The plants that proliferate across its provinces and...

A case for daisies and kwerekwere

OpinionLaura Yeatman | 2017-08-18 00:00:00

Colonisers. Aliens. Invasive. Cause damage. Threaten.

Bushmen cure-all offers locals a sustainable income

ScienceSarah Wild | 2015-02-20 00:00:00

Oom Jap, a Nourivier resident and traditional healer, and I stand in the shadow of one of the new buildings at the Council for Scientific and...

New study offsets toxic findings

ScienceSarah Wild | 2014-10-17 00:00:00

A hot desert wind blows across the Kgalagadi desert in Namibia, bringing with it sand and the scent of rotting flesh. This arid region, like parts of...

Plants 'feel' insect bites

ScienceSarah Wild | 2014-07-11 00:00:00

Sorry, vegetarians, but plants know you're eating them.

Pompom weed threatens SA's grasslands

EnvironmentSipho Kings | 2013-06-28 00:00:00

The pretty pink and purple flowers look good in a vase. In spring they line the verges of highways and make for lovely scenic photos. But pompom...

Giant smelly flower puts on sex show

NewsStaff Reporter | 2008-08-07 18:31:00

It's one of the world's largest flowers, it stinks of rotting meat or rancid cheese and looks very much like a giant penis.

Super plant mops up CO2

NationalFiona Macleod | 2008-06-23 06:00:00

An extraordinary indigenous plant known as "elephant's food" could mop up the excess carbon dioxide that causes climate change, while making a...

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