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Solanum africanum Mill.
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Common names: dune nightshade, drunken berry, drunken rope (Eng.); dronkbessie, dronktou (Afr.)
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Chlorophytum bowkeri Baker
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Common names: giant chlorophytum, Bowker's chlorophytum (Eng.); groot boskuikens (Afr.)
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Hylodesmum repandum (Vahl) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill (= Desmodium repandum (Vahl) DC.)
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Common names: orange tick-trefoil, orange tick-clover, hitchhikers, beggar lice (Eng.)
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Conicosia pugioniformis (L.) N.E.Br. subsp. pugioniformis
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Common names: giant clockplant, pigroot, pig salad, narrow-leaved ice plant (Eng.); groot vetkousie, varkslaai, gansies, varkwortel, snotwortel (Afr.)
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Barleria macrostegia Nees
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Common names: tongklapper (Afr.)
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Prenia vanrensburgii L.Bolus
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Common names: Cape spinach, sea pumpkin (Eng.); seepampoen, strandspinasie (Afr.)
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Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.
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Common names: common ice plant, crystalline ice plant, rosa de jericho (Eng.); brakslaai, brakvy, noeta, olifantslaai, slaai, slaaibos, slaaibossie, soutslaai, volstruisslaai (Afr.)
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Phygelius capensis E.Mey. ex Benth.
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Common names: southern river bell, wild fuchsia, Cape fuchsia (Eng.); rivierklokkie, foksia (Afr.); metsi-matsho (Sesotho)
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Orbea melanantha (Schltr.) Bruyns
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Common names: short-lobed brown carrion flower, black or dark flowered caralluma (Eng.); kort-lob bruin aasblom (Afr.)
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Cliffortia odorata L.f.
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Common names: wild vine (Eng.); wildewingerd, wildevyerank (Afr.)
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