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Encephalartos nubimontanus P.J.H.Hurter
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Common names: blue cycad, cloud mountain cycad (Eng.); bloubroodboom (Afr.), isigciki-somkhovu (isiZulu); gebeleweni (siSwati)
SA Tree No: 14.9
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Cotyledon tanquana Van Jaarsv.
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Common names: Tanqua cotyledon (Eng.); tankwaplakkie (Afr.)
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Cyanella hyacinthoides Royen ex L.
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Common names: lady’s hand (Eng.); blouraaptol, dolraap, klipraap, raap, raapdol, raaptol, raaptoluintjie, raapuintjie, tolraap (Afr.)
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Ledebouria hypoxidioides (Schönland) Jessop
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Common names: Grahamstown African hyacinth
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Cyanella lutea L.f. subsp. lutea
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Common names: five fingers, yellow lady’s hand (Eng.); geelraaptol (Afr.)
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Ximenia americana L. var. microphylla Welw. ex Oliv.
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Common names: small blue sourplum (Eng.); kleinblousuurpruim (Afr.); ukolotshane, umtunduluka-omncane, umkholotshwana (Zul.);umtfundvuluka, umthunduluka (Swa.); ntsengele (Tso.); morotologana (Tsw.); morotologa, motshidi, hwele, mosidi-wa-serotologane (N.So.); mutanzwa (Ven.) holotshani (Nde.)
SA Tree No: 102
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Maerua angolensis DC. subsp. angolensis
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Common names: bead-bean tree, bead-pod-tree, knobbly-bean tree (Eng.); knoppiesboontjieboom (Afr.); umenwayo, umgodithi (Zulu); umvitsi (Swati.); mogôgwane, moomane, moratlêtla, moreketli (Tswana), mutamba-na-mme (Venda);
SA Tree No: 132
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Digitaria eriantha Steud.
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Common names: common finger grass, digit grass, giant pangola grass, Pongola finger grass, Smuts finger grass; woolly finger grass (Eng.); kortbeenhoenderspoor, kruisgras, Smutsvingergras, wolvingergras, (Afr.); isikonko (isiZulu); mangole maseka (Setswana); mmoyane, moeane ( Sesotho).
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Thamnochortus acuminatus Pillans
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Common names: goldhead thatchreed (Eng.)
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Gasteria visseri van Jaarsv.
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Common names: Visser’s ox-tongue (Eng.); Visser-beestong (Afr.).
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