ARBOR WEEK - Trees of the Year: 2001 - 2020

Arbor Week endeavours to help increase public awareness of just a few of the 2 000 indigenous tree species in South Africa. Each year the Arbor Week celebration highlights two specific trees, one common and one rare species.

Year	Common Tree		Rare Tree
2001	Loxystylis alata	Tarwood Teerhout	Ptaeroxylon obliquum	Sneezewood Nieshout
2002	Pittosporum viridiflorum	Cheesewood Kasuur	Alberta magna	Natal Flamebush Breekhout
2003	Rhus chirendensis	Red Currant Bostaaibos	Pterocarpus angolensis	Wild Teak Kiaat
2004	Kirkia acuminata & K. williamsii	White or Mountain Seringa Witsering	Combretum bracteosum	Hiccup Nut Hikklimop
2005	Schefflera umbellifera	False Cabbage Tree Basterkiepersol	Adansonia digitata	Baobab Kremetart
2006	Burchellia bubalina	Wild Pomegranate Wildegranaat	Raphia australis	Kosi palm Kosipalm
2007	Rhus (Searsia) pyroides	Common Wild Current Gewone Taaibos	Pavetta schumanniana	Poison Bride's Bush Gifbruidsbos
2008	Harpephyllum caffrum	Wild Plum Wildepruim	Diospyros whyteana Markhamia zanzibarica	Bladder-nut Swartbas Bell Bean Tree Klokkiesboontjieboom
2009	Acacia galpinii	Monkey Thorn Apiesdoring	Halleria lucida Pterocarpus rotundifolius	Tree Fuchsia Notsung Round-leaved Teak Dopperkiaat
2010	Acacia xanthophloea	Fever Tree Koorsboom	Rothmania capensis & R.globosa Cladostemom kirkii	Cape Gardenia Kaapse Katjiepiering Bell Gardenia Klokkieskatjiepiering Tonga-kerrie Tongakierie
2011	Pappea capensis	Jacket-plum Doppruim	Genus Pavetta Nuxia congesta	Bride's Bushes Bruidsbome Common Wild Elder Gewone Wildevlier
2012	Syzygium cordatum	Water Berry Waterbessie	Protorhus longifolia Bruguiera gymnorrhiza	Red Beech Rooiboekenhout Black Mangrove Swartwortelboom
2013	Virgilia oroboides	Blossom Tree Keurboom	Grewia occidentalis Barringtonia racemosa	Cross-Berry Kruisbessie Powder-puff Tree Poeierkwasboom
2014	Genus Heteropyxis	Lavender Trees Laventelbome	Vepris lanceolata	White Ironwood Witysterhout
2015	Combretum kraussii	Forest Bushwillow Bosvaderlandswilg	Heteromorpha trifoliata	Parseley Tree Wildepieterseliebos
2016	Ficus thonningii	Common Wild Fig Gewone Wildevy	Maerua cafra Maerua angolensis	Common Bush-cherry Gewone Witbos Bead-bean Tree Knoppiesboontjieboom
2017	Ziziphus mucronata	Hairy Buffalo-thorn Harige Blinkblaar wag-n-bietjie	Euclea pseudebenus	Ebony Tree Ebbeboom
2018	Genus Podocarpus	Yellowwoods Geelhoutbome	Boscia albitrunca	Shepherd’s Tree Witgat
2019	Sclerocarya birrea	Marula Maroela	Lonchocarpus capassa (has changed to Philenoptera violacea)	Apple-leaf Appelblaar
2020	Ekebergia capensis	Cape Ash Essenhout	Adansonia digitata	Baobab Kremetart

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