Wonderboom (meaning "wonder tree" in
Afrikaans
Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...
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Wonderboom (tree)
The Wonderboom (Afrikaans: 'wonder tree') is a dense grove of parent and daughter trees of the species '' Ficus salicifolia'', that descended from a central bole of about a thousand years old. It is situated in the Wonderboom Nature Reserve, ...
a particular grove of ''Ficus salicifolia'' north of Pretoria, and eponym of:
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Ficus salicifolia
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The Wonderboom (''Ficus salicifolia'') is an evergreen fig species that ranges from the KwaZulu-Natal midlands northwards to tropical East Africa. It grows especially on outcrops, rocky hillsides and along cliffs fringing water courses ...
'', a species of fig
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Wonderboom Nature Reserve
The Wonderboom Nature Reserve ( af, Wonderboom-natuurreservaat) is a 1 km², 200-hectare reserve that incorporates a section of the Magaliesberg range in the northern portion of the Pretoria metropole, South Africa. Its main attractions ar ...
, containing the grove
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Wonderboom South, Pretoria, a suburb south of the nature reserve
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Wonderboom Airport
Wonderboom Airport is located in Pretoria North, South Africa.
History
The airport was opened in 1937, being built on the farm Wonderboom approximately 15 km north of Pretoria. Originally a civilian airstrip for light aircraft, it was ...
, an airport in the region
* Die Wonderboom, an unusually shaped ''
Boscia oleoides
''Boscia'' is a genus of plants in the family ''Capparaceae''. It contains the following species:
*''Boscia albitrunca'' (Burch) Gilg & Ben.
*''Boscia angustifolia'' A. Rich.
*'' Boscia arabica'' Pestalozii
*'' Boscia caffra'' Sond.
*'' Boscia ...
'' (Karoo shepherd's tree) beside the N9 at Willowmore, Eastern Cape
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Wonderboom (band)
WONDERboom is a 4 piece South African rock band from Johannesburg.
They formed in 1996 when Martin, Wade and Cito, originally in an underground band called "The Eight Legged Groove Machine", were approached by Danny, the drummer for the popula ...
, a South African rock band from Johannesburg
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