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Sideroxylon inerme
PlantCommon names: white milkwood ( Eng. ); witmelkhout, melkhoutboom, melkbessie (Afr.); aMasethole, umQwashu (Xhosa); aMasethole-amhlope, uMakhwela-fingqane (Zulu)
Family: Sapotaceae
26/06/2006 | | Kirstenbosch NBG
Silene undulata
PlantCommon names: dream root, gun powder plant, campion (Eng.); unozitholana, ubulawu, undlela zimhlophe (isiXhosa); kleinwildetabak (Afr.)
Family: Caryophyllaceae
30/09/2013 | | CREW
Common names: Natal ginger, Wild ginger (English); Wildegemmer (Afrikaans); indungulo, isiphephetho (Zulu)
Family: Zingiberaceae
11/03/2002 | | Walter Sisulu NBG
Solanum aculeastrum
PlantCommon names: goat bitter-apple, bitter-apple, goat apple, poison apple (Eng.); bok-bitterappel, bitterappel, bokappel, gifappel (Afr.); thola (Tswana); murulwa (Venda); umthuma, itunga (Xhosa); mtuma (Zulu)
Family: Solanaceae
01/03/2004 | | National Herbarium Pretoria
Solanum giganteum
PlantCommon names: healing-leaf tree, giant bitter-apple, red bitter-apple, red bitter-berry, thorny bug-tree (Eng.); geneesblaarboom, grootbitterappel, rooibitterbessie, doring-luisboom (Afr.); Icuba lasendle (Xhosa)
Family: Solanaceae
19/01/2004 | | National Herbarium Pretoria
Sorghum bicolor
PlantCommon names: sorghum (Eng.); graansorghum (Afr); mabele (Pedi,Sotho,Ndebele); amabele(Z); amazimba (Xhosa)
Family: Poaceae
31/01/2005 | | National Herbarium Pretoria
Common names: Cape buttercup, sparaxis (Eng.); botterblom, ferweel, ferweeltjie, fluweeltjie, perskalkoentjie, perskalossie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae
14/08/2006 | | CREW
Sparaxis elegans
PlantCommon names: Cape buttercup, sparaxis, pale harlequin flower (Eng.); spogfluweeltjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae
09/06/2014 | | CREW
Sparaxis maculosa
PlantCommon names: Cape buttercup, sparaxis, wandflower (Eng.); botterblom, ferweel, ferweeltjie, fluweeltjie, geelkalkoentjie, geelkalossie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae
17/03/2008 | | CREW
Sparrmannia africana
PlantCommon names: Cape stock rose, wild stock rose, African hemp, Cape hollyhock (Eng.); Kaapse stokroos, wildestokroos (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae
08/04/2013 | | Kirstenbosch NBG