Protea gagudei - African Sugarbush has leaves with sparse, silky hairs, hairless and glaucous when mature, elliptic to oblong to sickle-shaped, 12-30 mm wide, 80-170 mm long. Flowerhead depressed-globose, 50-70 mm across. Involucral bracts with silvery, silky hairs, occasionally with a rusty-brown margin. Perianth 35-50 mm long. Plants 2-3m tall.

Pr gagu is the second most widespread of all Sugarbushes in Africa. In Namibia the roots are reputed to have aphrodisiac properties. In Swaziland this species is the most southerly atlassed to date – however, these require confirmation – a herbarium record please:

• 2731 AA: CSN 921108 01: 27^o31.00’S 31^o12.00’E 1030m (details held by the SNTC) - 1 plant

There is a herbarium record that requires following up:

• 2631BA: N Komati R 33.5 miles N Mbabane, 10 miles S Piggs Peak. (Reynolds 3779).