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Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyalangalilwa & Boatwright subsp. robusta
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Common names: broadpod robust thorn (Eng.); enkeldoring (Afr.); mooka (Nso.); mvumbangwenya (Tso.); mokhu (Tsw.); muvumba-ngwena (Ven.);umngamanzi (Zul.)
SA Tree No: 183
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Ochna natalitia (Meisn.) Walp.
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Common names: showy plane, coastal- boxwood, coastal- redwood, Natal plane (Eng.); pronkrooihout, Natalrooihout (Afr.); mbovu, isithundu (isiZulu); tshipfure (Tshivenda); isibomvu, umbovane-ncicim, umtensema (isiXhosa)
SA Tree No: 481
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Dumasia villosa DC. var. villosa
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Common names: black bean (Eng.); ukhalimele (isiZulu)
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Schizocarphus nervosus (Burch.) Van der Merwe ( = Scilla nervosa (Burch.) Jessop)
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Common names: white scilla, white wild squill (Eng.); sandlelie (Afr.); seboka (Sesotho); imbita-yebantwana, ndvwendvweni (siSwati); sabantwana, umagaqana, inkwitelu, (Xhosa); ingcino, ingcolo, umgcinywana, imbizankulu ingema (Zulu)
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Crabbea angustifolia Nees
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Common names: prickle head, sheep’s tail (Eng.); thotsanathunya (Setswana)
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Cymbopogon caesius (Hook. & Arn.) Stapf
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Common names: common turpentine grass, broad-leaved turpentine grass (Eng.); lemoengras, buchugras (Afr.); iMbanjana (Ndebele); muWaa (Kalanga); Moshanyna-oa-marallaneng (SeSotho); imBubu, imBanjane (isiZulu).
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Combretum zeyheri Sond.
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Common names: large-fruited bushwillow, Zeyher’s bushwillow (Eng.); raasblaar, fluisterboom (Afr.); moduba-tshipi (Sepedi); umbondwe wasembudwini (isi Zulu); mufhatelathundu (Vhenda)
SA Tree No: 546
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Gladiolus rehmannii Baker
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Common names: Bushveld gladiolus (Eng.); bosveldpypie (Afr.)
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Kalanchoe lanceolata (Forssk.) Pers.
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Common names: narrow-leaved kalanchoe (Eng.); moithimodiso (Setswana); intelezi (Ndebele)
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Harpagophytum procumbens (Burch.) DC ex Meisn. subsp. procumbens and subsp. transvaalense Ihlenf. & H.E.K Hartmann
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Common names: devil's claw, harpago, grapple plant, wool- and woodspider (Eng.); duivelsklou, bobbejaandubbeltjie, kloudoring, veldspinnakop (Afr.); teufelskralle, trampelklette (German); sengaparile, kanako, lekgagamare, ghamaghoe (Setswana); //x'aatataba, tloutaxaba (San), otjihangatene (Herero)
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