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Lippia javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng
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Common names: fever tea, lemon bush (English); koorsbossie, beukesbossie, lemoenbossie (Afrikaans); mutswane, umsutane (Swati); inzinziniba (Xhosa); umsuzwane, umswazi (Zulu); musukudu, bokhukhwane (Tswana)
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Leucadendron linifolium (Jacq.) R.Br.
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Common names: line-leaf conebush (Eng.), duineknoppiesbos, knoppiesbos (Afr.)
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Leucadendron argenteum (L.) R.Br.
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Common names: silver tree (Eng.), witteboom, silwerboom (Afr.)
SA Tree No: 77
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Leonotis leonurus (L.) R.Br.
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Common names: wild dagga, lion's ear, leonotis (Eng.); wildedagga, duiwelstabak (Afr); imvovo, utywala-bengcungcu, umfincafincane, umunyamunya (isiXhosa); umfincafincane, umcwili, imunyane, utshwala-bezinyoni (isiZulu)
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Lachenalia fistulosa Baker
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Common names: Cape hyacinth; viooltije (Afr.)
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Kiggelaria africana L.
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Common names: wild peach, wildeperske (Afr.), umKokoko (Xhosa), uMunwe (Zulu), Monepenepe (North Sotho), Lekgatsi (South Sotho), Muphatavhafu (Venda)
SA Tree No: 494
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Kalanchoe longiflora Schltr. ex J.M.Wood
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Common names: Tugela cliff-kalanchoe, long-flower kalanchoe (Eng.); Tugela kransplakkie (Afr.)
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Hypoestes aristata (Vahl) Sol. ex Roem. & Schult.
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Common names: ribbon bush (Eng.); seeroogblommetjie (Afr.); uhladlwana olukhulu, uhlonyane, uhlalwane (Zulu)
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Hypericum revolutum Vahl subsp. revolutum
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Common names: curry bush, forest primrose (Eng.); kerriebos (Afr.)
SA Tree No: 484
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Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf
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Common names: common thatching grass (Eng.); dektamboekiegras (Afr.)
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