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Solanum giganteum Jacq.
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Common names: healing-leaf tree, giant bitter-apple, red bitter-apple, red bitter-berry, thorny bug-tree (Eng.); geneesblaarboom, grootbitterappel, rooibitterbessie, doring-luisboom (Afr.); Icuba lasendle (Xhosa)
SA Tree No: 669.4
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Silene undulata Aiton
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Common names: dream root, gun powder plant, campion (Eng.); unozitholana, ubulawu, undlela zimhlophe (isiXhosa); kleinwildetabak (Afr.)
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Setaria megaphylla (Steud) Dur. & Schinz
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Common names: ribbon grass, broad-leafed bristle grass
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Seriphium plumosum L.
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Common names: silver stoebe (Eng.); slangbos, vaalbossie, Khoi-kooigoed (Afr.)
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Senecio inornatus DC.
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Common names: tall marsh senecio (Eng.); groot vlei-senecio (Afr.); Inkanga, Uhlabo (isiZulu); Lehlongoana-le-leholo (Southern Sotho).
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Selaginella kraussiana (Kunze) A.Braun
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Common names: Krauss' spike moss, forest selaginella, spreading spike moss (Eng.); woud aarmos (Afr.)
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Securidaca longepedunculata Fresen
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Common names: violet tree, fibre tree (Eng.); krinkhout , rooipeultjie, seepbasboom (Afr.); mpesu (tshiVenda); mmaba (Tswana), iphuphuma (isiZulu)
SA Tree No: 303
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Scolopia mundii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Warb.
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Common names: red pear, mountain saffron (Eng.); rooipeer, doringpeer, bergsaffraan, klipdoring (Afr.); uLoyiphela, umdwendwelencuba, iHlambahlale, inGqumuza, iDungamuzi-lehlathi (Zulu); umkokolo, iQumza, isiNqandizembe, umNqanqa (Xhosa); umThabane (Swazi); mohlono (Northern Sotho)
SA Tree No: 496
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Scadoxus puniceus (L.) Friis & Nordal
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Common names: Paintbrush lily, Snake lily (E), Rooikwas (Afr), isisphompho, umgola (Z)
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Salvia repens Burch. ex Benth.
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Common names: creeping sage (Eng.); kruipsalie (Afr.); usikiki (Xho.)
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