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Kniphofia northiae Baker
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Common names: broad-leaved poker, Marianne North’s poker, giant red-hot poker, octopus torch (Eng.); icacane, umathunga (isiZulu.); leloele (Sesotho)
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Hexalobus monopetalus (A.Rich) Engl.& Diels
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Common names: shakama plum, baboon’s breakfast, wild custard apple (Eng.), bastersuikerappel, shakamapruim (Afr.), muhuhuma (Tshivenda), moheteka, mowedika (Northern Sotho)
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Pterocelastrus rostratus (Thunb.) Walp.
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Common names: red cherrywood, beaked pterocelastrus, red candlewood (Eng.); rooikershout, kersiehout (Afr.); ugobandlovu, usahlulamanye (Zulu); itywina (Xhosa)
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Chloris gayana Kunth
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Common names: Hunyani grass, Rhodes grass, Rhodesian blue grass (Eng.); bruinvingergras, rhodes-gras, rooiklossiegras (Afr.); nyankomo, umyaka (isiZulu)
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Huernia procumbens (R.A.Dyer) L.C.Leach
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Common names: Limpopo snake plant (Eng.); Limpopo aasblom (Afr.)
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Crassula deceptor Schönland. & Baker.f.
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Common names: alabaster towers (Eng.)
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Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A.Rich.) Munro
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Common names: holy Venda bamboo, wild bamboo (Eng.); heilige Venda-bamboes, wilde-bamboes (Afr.); musununu (Ven.)
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Sansevieria pearsonii N.E.Br.
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Common names: spiky mother-in-law’s-tongue, gemsbok horns, elephant’s toothpick (Eng.); bobbejaan-se-dood, gemsbokhoring (Afr.)
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Erica scytophylla Guthrie & Bolus
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Common names: leather-leaf heath (Eng.); leerblaarheide (Afr.)
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Elionurus muticus (Spreng.) Kuntze
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Common names: wire grass, wire lemongrass, lemon grass, lemon-scented grass, matrass grass, silky grass, simon grass, sour grass, wine grass (Eng.); elsgras, haasgras, kleinhaasgras, koperdraadgras, krulgras, laventalgras, lekkerruikgras, lemoengras, matrasgras, polgras, suurgras, suurpol, wildebeesgras (Afr.); hlooko, motintsane, sehloko (Sesotho); isinama, isitshube (IsiZulu).
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