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Euphorbia cupularis Boiss. (= Synadenium cupulare (Boiss.) L.C.Wheeler)
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Common names: dead-man’s tree, crying tree (Eng.); dooiemansboom, gifboom (Afr.); umdlebe, umdletshane (isiZulu); sidlejane (isiSwati); mulamba-noni (Tshivenda)
SA Tree No: 357.1
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Dioscorea sylvatica Eckl.
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Common names: forest elephant’s foot, forest tortoise plant, elephant’s foot yam, wild yam (Eng.); olifantsvoet, skilpadknol (Afr.); nakaa, usikolipati (isiXhosa); ufudu, ingwevu, intane, lwehlathi (isiZulu)
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Euphorbia pseudoglobosa Marloth
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Common names: false milkballs, false globosa, false globose spurge, false globose euphorbia (Eng.);
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Adenia gummifera (Harv.) Harms var. gummifera
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Common names: snake-climber, monkey rope, gummy adenia (Eng.); impinda, impindamshaye, umphindamshaya, imfulwa (isiZulu); slangklimop (Afr.)
SA Tree No: 512.6
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Lydenburgia cassinoides N.Robson
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Common names: Sekhukhuni bushman's tea (Eng.); sekhukhuni-boesmanstee (Afr.); mohlolodi (Northern Sotho)
SA Tree No: 406
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Alepidea cordifolia B.-E. Van Wyk
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Common names: heart-leaf alepidea (Eng.); iqwili (isiXhosa); ikhathazo (isiZulu); lesoko (South Sotho), inkatsankatsa (Swazi)
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Euphorbia umfoloziensis Peckover
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Common names: Umfolozi euphorbia (Eng.); (some euphorbias are commonly known as umhlonhlo in isiZulu)
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Haworthiopsis limifolia (Marloth) G.D.Rowley (= Haworthia limifolia Marloth)
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Common names: file-leaf haworthiopsis (Eng.); isihlalakahle, omathithibala, umathithibala (isiZulu)
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Commiphora woodii Engl.
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Common names: forest corkwood (Eng.); boskanniedood (Afr.); iminele, wehlathi, umhlunguthi (isiXhosa); iminyela, umdewehlathi, umubu, umunde wehlathi (isiZulu)
SA Tree No: 291
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Eugenia natalitia Sond. (= Eugenia capensis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. subsp. natalitia (Sond.) F.White)
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Common names: forest myrtle (Eng.); bosmirt (Afr.); mukavha-mahunguvhu, murambo-thavha, musiri, tshitawatawane (Venda); umthintane, umbhovane, imanzana (Zulu); inchitsamuthi, ijobe (Swazi).
SA Tree No: 553.2
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