Observations in the Family: Myrtaceae
English Name: Gums
Synonyms also shown: Heteropyxidaceae
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This taxon contains:
Observed on: 3rd April 2014
Added to iSpot: 4th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 3rd April 2014
Added to iSpot: 4th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 1st April 2014
Added to iSpot: 2nd April 2014
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 1st April 2014
Added to iSpot: 2nd April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 4
By: tony rebelo
Observed on: 23rd February 2014
Added to iSpot: 30th March 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
By: Janet Taylor
Observed on: 27th March 2014
Added to iSpot: 28th March 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
By: tony rebelo
Location: Nuweberg Nature
Lat/Lng: -34.068813800008, 19.048498570067
Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve
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Observed on: 23rd February 2014
Added to iSpot: 28th March 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
By: tony rebelo
Observed on: 20th February 2014
Added to iSpot: 28th March 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
By: tony rebelo
Observed on: 13th February 2014
Added to iSpot: 25th March 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 30th January 2014
Added to iSpot: 23rd March 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 5
Observed on: 31st October 2013
Added to iSpot: 21st March 2014
Likely ID: Mdoni Waterberry (Syzygium cordatum )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 1
Description: Plant dwarfed and multi-stemmed. Forms patches of about 5 x 5 m or larger. Fruits and flowers like a normal tree. Possibly stunted by closeness of groundwater to the surface, combined with fire.
Observed on: 25th June 2013
Added to iSpot: 20th March 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 4th March 2014
Added to iSpot: 18th March 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
By: skyfish42
Observed on: 1st March 2014
Added to iSpot: 13th March 2014
Identifications: 4
Agreements: 4
Comments: 3
Description: Large woody shrub or tree. Base is about 30cm diameter. up to 5m tall. Bark flakes like paper. Leaves are fine about 2cm long growing spirally along all twigs. Flowers are very fine at the tips of the twigs. When the branches are cut it grows out with a great multitude of new shoots. New growth of leaves are pinkish. Wood is very dense. Twigs snap easily when bent. No idea if indigenous or not!
Observed on: 19th February 2014
Added to iSpot: 12th March 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 19th February 2014
Added to iSpot: 12th March 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
By: Sharon1991
Observed on: 4th March 2014
Added to iSpot: 11th March 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 4
By: tony rebelo
Observed on: 30th January 2014
Added to iSpot: 10th March 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: Sitting on the borders of Kogelberg Wilderness Area: consolidating: waiting to go in ...
By: tony rebelo
Location: UCT
Lat/Lng: -33.9603194, 18.459814
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Observed on: 12th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 10th March 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: A stunning gum: will try and get better pics than this cellphone view.
Observed on: 16th February 2014
Added to iSpot: 18th February 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
By: lecat
Observed on: 2nd February 2014
Added to iSpot: 2nd February 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 3
By: Felicity Swanepoel
Observed on: 20th January 2014
Added to iSpot: 25th January 2014
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 2
Comments: 18
Description: in grassveld on the edge of the Umtamvuna gorge.
By: nmdayi90
Observed on: 13th September 2013
Added to iSpot: 24th January 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
By: nmdayi90
Observed on: 12th September 2013
Added to iSpot: 24th January 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
By: tony rebelo
Observed on: 11th January 2014
Added to iSpot: 23rd January 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
By: Andrew Hankey
Observed on: 14th January 2014
Added to iSpot: 18th January 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 31st December 2013
Added to iSpot: 9th January 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Location: Ozabeni
Lat/Lng: -27.567, 32.625
Many dwarf suffrutices species in the grassland of Ozabeni, east of the Mbazwane drainage line
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Observed on: 20th October 2013
Added to iSpot: 3rd January 2014
Likely ID: Syzygium cordatum
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Ozabeni Dendro-botanical outing 2013
Observed on: 28th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 1st January 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Young leaves from the tree were used in the nest.
Observed on: 23rd December 2013
Added to iSpot: 29th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 30th November 2012
Added to iSpot: 17th December 2013
Likely ID: Waterberry (Syzygium cordatum )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
By: Tony Mundell
Location: R532, Sabie
Lat/Lng: -24.5919, 30.8092
Blyde River Canyon area. Latitude and longitude approximate.
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Observed on: 8th October 2013
Added to iSpot: 16th December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 19th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 11th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 28th November 2013
Added to iSpot: 28th November 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 4
Description: This low suffratex produces typical Myrtaceae flowers and then, for its size, huge fruits at ground level. The fruits are edible.
Observed on: 20th November 2013
Added to iSpot: 23rd November 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 2nd November 2013
Added to iSpot: 3rd November 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: anything to 10 m tall shrub, tree. Invasive capacity.
Observed on: 2nd November 2013
Added to iSpot: 3rd November 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: It is an evergreen, perennial shrub or small tree, 1–7 meters.
Observed on: 22nd October 2006
Added to iSpot: 30th October 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 3
By: tony rebelo
Location: Cape Node Tokai
Lat/Lng: -34.060854769973, 18.422741879989
Tokai Park sectionTable Mountain National Park
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Observed on: 26th October 2013
Added to iSpot: 30th October 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Photo by Alexander
By: tony rebelo
Observed on: 26th October 2013
Added to iSpot: 30th October 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Photo by Alexander
By: tony rebelo
Observed on: 26th October 2013
Added to iSpot: 29th October 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 2
Description: Photo by Alexander
By: tony rebelo
Observed on: 26th October 2013
Added to iSpot: 29th October 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: Photo by Alexander
By: tony rebelo
Observed on: 26th October 2013
Added to iSpot: 29th October 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Photo by Alexander
By: tony rebelo
Observed on: 26th October 2013
Added to iSpot: 29th October 2013
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Photo by Alexander
By: tony rebelo
Observed on: 26th October 2013
Added to iSpot: 29th October 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Photo by Alexander
By: tony rebelo
Observed on: 26th October 2013
Added to iSpot: 29th October 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Photo by Alexander
By: suzanne_grindley
Observed on: 24th October 2013
Added to iSpot: 24th October 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 1
Description: Please can you help in identifying this Eucalpytus? Currently torn between it being a Eucalyptus Deanei or Eucalyptus Camaldulen.
By: felixandhisthoo...
Observed on: 12th October 2013
Added to iSpot: 14th October 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 4th September 2013
Added to iSpot: 13th October 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 2
Description: Normally I do not take photos of a plant without flowers or some character which I can hope to identify. But it was early morning and the light was so beautiful that I could not resist taking photos.
By: tony rebelo
Observed on: 28th September 2013
Added to iSpot: 11th October 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Species with which Gums (Myrtaceae ) interacts