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Bauhinia tomentosa L
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Common names: Yellow Bauhinia (Eng) Geelbeesklou (Afr): IsiThibathibana (Zulu)
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Bauhinia galpinii N.E.Br.
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Common names: Pride of De Kaap (Eng); Vlam-van-die-Vlakte (Afr).
SA Tree No: 208.2
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Bauhinia bowkeri Harv.
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Common names: Kei Bauhinia, Kei White Bauhinia (Eng.), Keibeesklou (Afr.), umDlandlovu (Xhosa)
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Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Roxb.
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Common names: powderpuff tree (Eng.); poeierkwasboom (Afr.); iBhoqo (isiZulu)
SA Tree No: 524
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Baphia racemosa (Hochst.) Baker
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Common names: violet pea, Natal camwood (Eng.); boskamhout (Afr.); uTshuphu (isiXhosa); isiFithi (isiZulu)
SA Tree No: 224
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Balanites maughamii Sprague subsp. maughamii
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Common names: torchwood (Eng.); groendoring (Afr.); umnunu (Sotho); nulu (Tswana)
SA Tree No: 251
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Bachmannia woodii (Oliv.) Gilg
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Common names: Four-finger Bush (E); Viervingerbos (Afr); umPhunzisa (X), umTswantswantsa (X)
SA Tree No: 121
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Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. var. marina
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Common names: white mangrove (Eng.); witseebasboom (Afr.); mangal, towozi, txomahati (Xironga); isikhungathi (isiXhosa, isiZulu) - these from Van Wyk et al. (2011); Gomes e Sousa (1967) gives nhamesso (Xironga) and mussu (Quimuane) for Mozambique. The Kiswahili name Uchu (coastal Kenyan) and Mtswi (Giriyama) are recorded on herbarium specimens, as are many other vernacular names within its vast range.
SA Tree No: 669
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Atalaya alata (Sim) H.M.L.Forbes
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Common names: Lebombo krantz ash (Eng.); Lebombo kransesseboom (Afr.); umzondo, umnondo (Zulu)
SA Tree No: 427
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Apodytes dimidiata E.Mey. ex Arn. subsp. dimidiata
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Common names: white pear, bird's eye (Eng.); witpeer (Afr.); umdakane (Xhosa); umdagane (Zulu); umdzagame (Swati) sephopha-madi, kgalagangwê (N. Sotho), tshiphopha-madi (Venda)
SA Tree No: 422
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