Scadoxus
Scadoxus are bulbous plants from eastern and southern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. There are 9 species that flower in spring or summer on naked stems. The leaves are carried in bunches or clumps. Scadoxus puniceus (Paintbrush Lily, Snake ... [... more]
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Grewia occidentalis
Native to southern Africa, this adaptable evergreen shrub with deep green, oval, toothed, leathery leaves grows to 3 m (10 ft) high and even greater spread. It has star-shaped, mauve-pink flowers about 3-4 cm across during spring and summer. The ... [... more]
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Tudor Parfitt
In a mixture of travel, adventure, and scholarship, historian Tudor Parfitt sets out in search of answers to a fascinating ethnological puzzle: is the Lemba tribe of Southern Africa really one of the lost tribes of Israel, descended from King ... [... more]
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