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Themeda triandra Forssk.
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Common names: red grass (Eng.); rooigras (Afr.)
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Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
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Common names: sorghum (Eng.); graansorghum (Afr); mabele (Pedi,Sotho,Ndebele); amabele(Z); amazimba (Xhosa)
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Setaria megaphylla (Steud) Dur. & Schinz
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Common names: ribbon grass, broad-leafed bristle grass
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Pogonarthria squarrosa (Roem. & Schult.) Pilg.
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Common names: herringbone grass, sickle grass
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Panicum maximum Jacq
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Common names: Guinea grass (Eng. ); blousaad soetgras (Afr.)
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Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P.Beauv.
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Common names: basket grass
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Merxmuellera macowanii (Stapf) Conert
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Common names: molalashlolo, moseha (South Sotho)
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Melinis nerviglumis (Franch.) Zizka
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Common names: bristle-leaved red-top grass (Eng.); ferweelgras (Afr.)
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Melica decumbens Thunb.
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Common names: staggers grass (Eng.); dronkgras (Afr.)
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Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf
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Common names: common thatching grass (Eng.); dektamboekiegras (Afr.)
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