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Plants

Which plants fuel wildfires – and how to protect your home
The Green Guardian
/ 11 March 2025

Which plants fuel wildfires – and how to protect your home

Fire is part of nature and has its uses but we need to learn how to live with it safely

By Gillian McAinsh
Race to save the Richtersveld from mass extinction
The Green Guardian
/ 17 July 2021

Race to save the Richtersveld from mass extinction

Climate change, mine dust, drought and succulent poaching are causing centuries-old iconic plants to die

By Sheree Bega
This land is our chemist
Article
/ 28 September 2018

This land is our chemist

A group of men harvest medicinal plants, which they then process and sell, but it’s a tough trade

By Lucas Ledwaba
Woody plants on the march: Trees and shrubs are encroaching across Africa
Article
/ 13 August 2018

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

Woody plants’ cover has increased across large swathes of the continent in the past three decades

By Staff Reporter
Traditional innovation
Article
/ 29 June 2018

Traditional innovation

Innovation Award: Corporate Organisation for innovations and their research and/or development by a team or an individual

By Tamsin Oxford
A case for daisies and kwerekwere
Article
/ 18 August 2017

A case for daisies and kwerekwere

Colonisers. Aliens. Invasive. Cause damage. Threaten. The language of xenophobia is also applied to plants.

By Laura Yeatman
Bushmen cure-all offers locals a sustainable income
Article
/ 19 February 2015

Bushmen cure-all offers locals a sustainable income

The commercial potential of intoxicating kougoed, or Sceletium tortuosum, is reinvigorating a Nourivier community in the Northern Cape.

By Sarah Wild
New study offsets toxic findings
Article
/ 17 October 2014

New study offsets toxic findings

Intellectual property fights aside, new research into the plant Hoodia gordonii highlights the dangers of misusing indigenous knowledge.

By Sarah Wild
Plants ‘feel’ insect bites
Article
/ 11 July 2014

Plants ‘feel’ insect bites

When plants are exposed to the vibrations that chewing caterpillars make, they expel a fluid the attackers dislike.

By Sarah Wild
Pompom weed threatens SA’s grasslands
Article
/ 28 June 2013

Pompom weed threatens SA’s grasslands

The research council has found that the pompom weeds are a danger to the country’s indigenous plant species.

By Sipho Kings
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Article
/ 7 August 2008

Giant smelly flower puts on sex show

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.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 22 June 2008

Super plant mops up CO2

Native bush could be a weapon against climate change, making South Africa a player in the international carbon credits market.

By Fiona Macleod

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