Smith, C.A. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa No. 35. Government Printer, Pretoria.

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Colpoon compressum P.J.Bergius (=Osyris compressa (P.J.Bergius) A.DC)

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Common names: Cape sumach, coast tannin bush (Eng.); wildepruim, wurgbessie, basbessie, kuslooibas, namtarri (Afr.); mtekaaza, umbalanythi (Xhosa); umbulanyathi (Zulu)

SA Tree No: 99

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Lachnospermum imbricatum (P.J.Bergius) Hilliard

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Common names: purple-centre everlasting (Eng.); blombossie (Afr.)

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Erica lutea P.J.Bergius

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Common names: yellow-rice heath, rice heath (Eng.); geelrysheide, rysheide (Afr.)

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Curio radicans (L.) P.V.Heath

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Common names: baboon toes, banana vine, creeping berry, necklace plant, string-of-bananas, string-of-fishhooks (Eng.); bobbejaantoontjies, bobbejaanvingertjies, bokballetjies, bokhorinkies, bokkos, bokriempie, haaskos, katballetjies, kleinbokkos, steenbokhorinkies, vingertjies (Afr.)

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Barleria lichtensteiniana Nees

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Common names: little porcupine (Eng.); rolvarkie, klapperbossie (Afr.)

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Trimeria grandifolia (Hochst.) Warb. subsp. grandifolia

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Common names: wild-mulberry, big ears, big-leaf trimeria (Eng.); grootblaarwildemoerbei, grootblaarysterhout, wildemoerbei, lindeboom (Afr.); idlebe-lendlovu, igqabela, umnqabane, itabatane, igqabi, ilitye (Xho.); idlebelendlovu (Zul.); sicandzamatje, mahlebe (Swa.); muhasha-phande, mufhanza, tshilaphithi (Ven.)

SA Tree No: 503

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Elephantorrhiza burkei Benth.

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Common names: elephant-root, sumach bean (Eng.); basboontjie, basbos (Afr.) lesitsane (Northern Sotho); mositsane, mosidi, mosidi-godimo, mosidi-mogolo (Tswana), tshisesevhafa (Venda)

SA Tree No: 193

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Ornithogalum conicum Jacq.

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Common names: chincherinchee, pure white star-of-Bethlehem (Eng.); tjienkerintjee, viooltjie (Afr.)

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Platylophus trifoliatus (L.f.) D.Don

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Common names: white-alder, white-els (Eng.); witels, witelsboom, witte-els, witte-elsboom, witte-elshout (Afr.) Synonyms: Weinmannia trifoliata L.f.; Trimerisma trifoliata

SA Tree No: 141

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Searsia burchellii (Sond. ex Engl.) Moffett  (= Rhus burchellii Sond. ex Engl., R. undulata Jacq. var. burchellii (Sond. ex Engl.) Schonland, R. undulata Jacq. var. tricrenata (Engl.) R.Fern.)

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Common names: Karoo kunibush (Eng.); karookoeniebos (Afr.); mokhoamphiri, tshilabele (Sesotho); motshôtlhô (Tswana)

SA Tree No: 379

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