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Afrikaans: Boesmansgif
English: Poison Bush
This plant is poisonous, so it should be planted with caution! Fortunately, it is not very palatable. It makes a strikingly beautiful shrub with angular, dark green, sometimes bronze/purple foliage and attractive, sweet-smelling white flowers and large red fruits. It is a good shade plant. Prune off lower branches to form single stemmed tree or trim all round to form a neat large shrub, feed and water regularly in the growing season.
Location: W.Cape to KZN and Limpopo
Afrikaans: Balbossie
An erect pioneer shrublet with greenish-yellow flowers followed by large, bladder-like, inflated seed pods which develop a reddish tinge before bursting open. Roots, as a powder or infusion have been used in Africa as well as Europe to provide relief from pain and coughing. Grow in sun.
Location: Natal ,Mphumalanga and Gauteng