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Greyia Hook. & Harv.

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Common names: wild bottlebrushes

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Greyia sutherlandii flower head. Photo G. Nichols

G. sutherlandii grows on the slopes and rocky ridges of the Drakensberg up to an altitude of about 1800 m, also in the Eastern Cape, the eastern Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and eastern Gauteng.

Greyia radlkoferi flower head Photo G. Nichols

G. radlkoferi occurs mainly in the mist-belt mountains of Mpumalanga, in KwaZulu-Natal near Ngome and in Swaziland. It grows in deep channels along streambanks, bordering evergreen forest and among rocks.

Greyia flanaganii flower buds Photo G. Nichols

G. flanaganii is a rare endemic of Eastern Cape, where it is found on the grassy hillsides and among rocks on the steep slopes of the Kei River and its tributaries, the Toise and Kabusi Rivers. The seedlings are tiny and fragile. This may be the reason why these shrubs are often found emerging from fissures in rocks.

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Grewia monticola Sond.

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Common names: grey raisin, silver raisin (Eng.); vaalrosyntjie (Afr.); umsiphane (Swazi); nsihana (Tsonga); mogwanakg & ocirc;mo, mogwana (Tswana); umlalampunzi, isiphane, umdliwampunzi (Zulu)

SA Tree No: 462

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Grewia occidentalis L.

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Common names: cross-berry, four-corners (E), kruisbessie (A), Mokukutu (Setsw.), Mogwane (N.Sotho), iLalanyathi (Zulu), umSipane (Siswati), umNqabaza (Xhosa), Mulembu (Venda), Nsihana (Tsonga)

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Grewia robusta Burch.

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Common names: Karoo crossberry, Karoo crossberry raisin (Eng.); karookruisbessie (Afr); umnqabaza (Xhosa).

SA Tree No: 463.6

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Grewia flavescens Juss.

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Common names: sandpaper raisin, rough-leaved raisinbush, square-stemmed raisin (Eng.); skurweblaarrosyntjie (Afr.); mogwane (N. Sotho); loklolo (Swazi); nsihana, nciwana (Tsonga); mokgomphatha, motsotsojane, motuu (Tswana); mupharasheni (Venda); ilalanyathi (Zulu)

SA Tree No: 459

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Grewia hexamita Burret

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Common names: giant raisin (Eng.); reuserosyntjie, blinkblaarrosyntjie (Afr.); umsiphane (Swazi); nsihana, guguna, nsihani, sipane (Tsonga); mukunukunu (Venda); umlalampunzi, imdliwampunzi (Zulu)

SA Tree No: 460

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Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) Aiton f.

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Common names: milkweed, wild cotton (Eng.); gansie, melkbos (Afr.); Lebegane (Sotho); Umsinga-lwesalukazi (Zulu)

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Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey.

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Common names: balloon milkweed, balloon wild cotton, hairy balls, bindweed (Eng.); balmelkbossie, balbossie, wilde kapok (Afr.); umbababa, umbemiso, umangwazane, umqumnqwewe, uphuphuma, usingalwesalukazi, umsingalwesalukazi (Zulu) = Asclepias physocarpa (E.Mey.) Schltr.

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Gomphostigma virgatum [L.f.] Baill.

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Common names: river star, otter bush, besembossie

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Gnidia squarrosa (L.) Druce

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Common names: saffron bush (Eng.); aandbossie, juffertjie-roer-by-die nag (Afr.)

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