Fox, F.W. & Norwood Young, E. 1982. Food from the veld: edible wild plants of southern Africa. Delta Books, Cape Town.
Cephalanthus natalensis Oliv.
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Common names: strawberry bush, tree-strawberry, quinine berry (Eng.); witaarbeibos, witpruim (Afr.); mothotwe, motlholobu (Northern Sotho); murondo, mutsanda (Tshivenda); umfomfo (Siswati); umfimfi, isamfomfo, umfomfo, umfomamasi, umkhombe (isiZulu); morodwe (Balobedu); musipwe, umfunfu (Shona).
SA Tree No: 685
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Pelargonium lobatum (Burm.f.) L’Hér.
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Common names: vine-leaved pelargonium (Eng.); aandblom, aandkaneelbol, kaneelbol, nachtbloem (Afr.)
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Cussonia sphaerocephala Strey
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Common names: forest cabbage-tree, Natal forest cabbage tree (Eng.); boskiepersol (Afr.); umsenge-wehlathi (isiXhosa & isiZulu); umsenge (siSwati)
SA Tree No: 564.2
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Vangueria esculenta S.Moore
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Common names: Chirinda wild-medlar, forest wild-medlar, (Eng.); Chirinda-wildemispel, bosmispel, blinkblaarmispel (Afr.); mobilo (Lobedu)
SA Tree No: 702.1
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Euclea pseudebenus E.Mey. ex A.DC.
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Common names: ebony guarri, ebony tree, black ebony, Cape ebony (Eng.); ebbehoutghwarrie, ebbehout, ebbeboom, swartebbenhout (Afr.); tsawib (Nama)
SA Tree No: 598
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Vaccinium exul Bolus
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Common names: African blueberry, African cranberry (Eng.); Afrika-bloubessie, bosbessiebos (Afr.)
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Coleus esculentus (N.E.Br.) G.Taylor (= Plectranthus esculentus N.E.Br.)
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Common names: wild potato, veld potato, African potato, Livingstone potato (Eng.); veldaartappel, wilde-aartappel (Afr.); itapile (Xhosa); tsenza (Shona); mutada (Venda); ujango, ujilo, umbondwe, umhlaza (Zulu), umbondiwe (Ndebele)
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Wahlenbergia undulata (L.f.) A.DC.
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Common names: African bluebell, wavy-leaf bluebell, pale bluebell, African bellflower (Eng.); blouklokkie (Afr.); letoao, moepetsane, tenane (Sesotho); isibahane, uqaboza webuthe, ushwaga (Zulu)
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Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) E.E. Cheesman
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Common names: wild banana, African wild banana (Eng.), wildepiesang (Afr.), motholo (Sepedi), mulala (Tshivenda)
SA Tree No: 31
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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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