Smith, C.A. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa No. 35. Government Printer, Pretoria.
Drimia delagoensis (Baker) Jessop
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Common names: Delagoa poison squill (Eng.), wildejeukui (Afr.); isiklenama, umahlangenisa (isiZulu)
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Rosettea princeps (Kunth) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit (= Dissotis princeps (Kunth) Triana)
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Common names: purple wild tibouchina, royal dissotis, purple rosettea, wild tibouchina, (Eng.); kalwerbossie (Afr.); sichobochobo, umpongamponga (SiSwati)
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Stachys thunbergii Benth.
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Common names: smooth woundwort, smooth hedgenettle, Cape catnip (Eng.), kattekruie (Afr.)
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Trichodiadema stayneri L.Bolus
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Common names: Stayner’s diadem vygie (Eng.); kareemoer (Afr.)
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Albuca fastigiata Dryand.
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Common names: large spreading white albuca (Eng.), slymstok, slymuintjie (Afr.), umaphipha-intelezi (isiZulu).
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Faurea macnaughtonii E.Phillips
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Common names: Terblans, Terblans beechwood, Egossa beech, Macnaughton's beech (Eng.); terblans, terblanshout, egossabeukehout, bosboekenhout, rooiboekenhout (Afr.); icuba-lethole, isafo, isafu, isafa, isisefu, isiqwane, umkhubane (isiXhosa); isisefo, isiqalaba (isiZulu)
SA Tree No: 74
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Gazania linearis (Thunb.) Druce
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Common names: narrow-leaved treasure flower, tufted gazania, bensli (Eng.) botterblom, gansblom, gousblom (Afr.); ubendle, uhlubi (isiXhosa); isiphepane, ububendle, ubuendle (isiZulu)
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Hermannia muricata Eckl. & Zeyh.
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Common names: muricate doll’s rose (Eng.); poprosie, klokkiesbos (Afr.)
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Clematis villosa DC. subsp. stanleyi (Hook.) Kuntze
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Common names: feather duster, shock-headed peter (Eng.); pluimbossie, veerbossie (Afr.); bogopa (?) (Sotho); nyenu, ndengu (Wemba: Zambia).
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Erica ampullacea Curtis
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Common names: flask heath, bottle heath, heath sissie (Eng.); sissieheide, flessieheide, bottelheide (Afr.)
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