Common Spikethorn

Gymnosporia buxifolia

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Treelist Melville Koppies
• Conservation value of the Egoli Granite Grassland, an endemic grassland in Gauteng, South Africa
• Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:36 a.m.	Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Hedge Fragrant Medicinal Useful Semi-shade Sun Shrub Tree Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data
Treelist Melville Koppies May 22, 2026, 3:53 p.m.	Tree Gauteng
Conservation value of the Egoli Granite Grassland, an endemic grassland in Gauteng, South Africa May 22, 2026, 11:11 p.m.	Tree Egoli Granite Grassland
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	Sun Tree Egoli Granite Grassland

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) botswanabugs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by botswanabugs source
• (c) Joti Daya, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joti Daya source
• (c) Joti Daya, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joti Daya source
• (c) Petra Broddle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Petra Broddle source
• (c) Nicola van Berkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Nicola van Berkel source
• (c) Jeff Morris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jeff Morris source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) graham_g, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Joti Daya, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joti Daya source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source