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Species Cards

Caroxylon aphyllum

Gannabos was used in the past by farmers to make lye and soap. It is heavily browsed by all types of wild and domestic animals, including ruminants and ostriches and is a valuable feed in times of scarcity.

Gannabos

Argyrosomus inodorus

The silver kob is a marine fish endemic to Southern Africa and is heavily exploited in South African waters.

Silver kob

Labeo capensis

The Orange river mudfish is a freshwater species endemic to southern Africa. Human activities, such as inter-basin water transfers, have facilitated hybridisation with Moggel (Labeo umbratus).

Orange river mudfish

Talaromyces mzansiensis

The species was recently described, isolated from a sample collected in South Africa.

Fungi

Labeo rubromaculatus

The Tugela labeo is a freshwater fish species endemic to South Africa. Currently listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, it is facing population decline due to a variety of recorded threats.

Tugela labeo

Penicillium limpopoense

The species was recently described from a litchi collected in South Africa.

Fungi

Lessertia frutescens

This plant is one of the most discussed in the ethnobotanical world because it has a strong reputation as a cure for cancer and increasingly as an immune booster in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.

Cancer bush

Podalyria sericea

Podalyria sericea is listed as Vulnerable. This South African endemic plant is threatened due to alien plant infestations, grazing and too frequent fires in its natural habitat.

Cape satin bush

Strelitzia nicolai

The Natal wild banana is one of the three largest Strelitzia species. It produces flowers with white sepals and blue petals. It plays a key ecological role in coastal forests, providing food and shelter for birds and other animals.

Natal wild banana

Penicillium potchefstroomense

The species was recently described, isolated from soil samples collected in Potchefstroom and Cape Town, South Africa.

Fungi

Penicillium silvertonense

The species was recently described, isolated from onion collected in Silverton, South Africa.

Fungi

Penicillium lydenburgense

The species was recently described from soil collected in South Africa.

Fungi

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