‘Fynbos’ means ‘fine bush’ in Afrikaans. It describes a narrow coastal belt, up yo 200 km wide, in the Cape region of South Africa.  The fynbos comprises  much of the Cape Floral Kingdom, one of the world’s six Floral Kingdoms  – and the tiniest. It is, though, incredibly rich and concentrated, considerably richer than rainforests. There are in the Cape Floral Kingdom more than 9,000 plant species,  of which 70 per cent are endemic. The Cape Peninsula alone has more than 2000 […]

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