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Abrus laevigatus E. Mey.
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Common names: luckybean creeper (Eng.); minnaarsboontjie, minnie-minnies (Afr.); umphitsi (isiZulu)
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Ziziphus zeyheriana Sond.
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Common names: dwarf buffalo-thorn, small buffalo-thorn (Eng.); klein-wag-'n-bietjie, haakdoringbossie, haakdorinkie, haakbessie, toon-wag-'n-bietjie, wag-'n-bietjie, wag-'n-bietjie-doring (Afr.).
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Pavonia columella Cav.
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Common names: pink pavonia (Eng.); indole ebomvu (isiZulu).
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Chloris virgata Sw.
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Common names: blue grass, feather finger grass, feathered chloris, hay grass, old land grass, sweet grass, white grass (Eng.); blougras, hooigras, katstertgras, klosgras, klossiesgras, kwasgras, oulandegras, paardgras, perdegras, spinnekopgras, witgras, witpluimchloris, witpluimgras, wollerigegras (Afr.); amafusine, umadolwana (isiZulu); sehabane (Sesotho); umadolwana (isiXhosa)
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Ledebouria inquinata (C.A.Sm.) Jessop.
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Common names: wild African hyacinth (Eng.); bokhoe (Sesotho.); icubudwana (isiZulu.); inqwebebane, ubuhlungu (isiXhosa.)
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Sesamum senecioides (Klotzsch) Byng & Christenh. (= Dicerocaryum senecioides (Klotzsch) Abels
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Common names: devil’s thorn, boot protectors, stud plant (Eng.); elandsdoring (Afr.); museto (Tshivenda)
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Stapelia gigantea N.E.Br.
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Common names: giant stapelia, giant carrion flower, carrion flower (Eng.); reuseaasblom, aasblom, duikershoring, haasoor (Afr.); ililo elikhulu, isihlehle, uzililo (isiZulu); bohatsu (Sesotho); tililo (SiSwati); bandaulu (TshiVenda)
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Aloe grandidentata Salm.Dyck
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Common names: dwarf soap aloe (Eng.); bontaalwyn, kleinbontaalwyn, kanniedood (Afr.); lekghala (Sso.)
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Gladiolus papilio Hook.f.
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Common names: butterfly gladiolus, goldblotch gladiolus (Eng.); ibutha, igulusha (Zul.).
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Pavetta zeyheri Sond. subsp. zeyheri
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Common names: grey-leaved bride’s bush, small-leaved bride’s bush, narrow-leaved bride’s bush (Eng.); fynblaarbruidbos (Afr.); igcegceleya, igceya (isiXhosa); murunda (Tshivenda); maitla-a-diluk, tshithabani (Shangaan); matiadule, tshitabanna (Setswana)
SA Tree No: 722
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