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Codon royenii L.
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Common names: honey bush (Eng.); heuningbos, suikerkelk (Afr.)
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Cliffortia ferruginea L.f.
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Common names: glossy cliffortia (Eng.); glastee, pypsteelbos, teringtee (Afr.)
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Cleome gynandra L.
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Common names: African cabbage, spider-wisp (Eng.); murudi (Venda); snotterbelletjie (Afr.); morotho (Northern Sotho)
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Cineraria saxifraga DC.
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Common names: wild cineraria; geelblom
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Osteospermum moniliferum L. (=Chrysanthemoides monilifera (L.) T.Norl.)
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Common names: bietou, boneseed, tickberry, brother berry, bush-tickberry (Eng.) bietou, boetabessie, bosluisbessie, bokbessie, weskusbietou, skilpadkos (Afr.), inkupheyana, itholonja (Zulu), motlempe, ntloyalekxwaba (South Sotho)
SA Tree No: 736
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Carpobrotus edulis (L.) L.Bolus
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Common names: sour fig, Cape fig, Hottentots fig (Eng.); ghaukum, ghoenavy, Hottentotsvy, Kaapsevy, perdevy, rankvy, suurvy, vyerank, (Afr.); ikhambi-lamabulawo, umgongozi (Zulu)
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Bulbine latifolia (L.f.) Spreng. (= Bulbine natalensis Baker)
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Common names: broad-leaved bulbine (Eng.); rooiwortel, geelkopieva (Afr.); incelwane (isiXhosa), ibhucu (isiZulu)
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Barleria repens Nees
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Common names: small bush violet (Eng.); kleinbosviooltjie (Afr.), inzinziniba (Zulu)
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Baphia racemosa (Hochst.) Baker
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Common names: violet pea, Natal camwood (Eng.); boskamhout (Afr.); uTshuphu (isiXhosa); isiFithi (isiZulu)
SA Tree No: 224
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Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. var. marina
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Common names: white mangrove (Eng.); witseebasboom (Afr.); mangal, towozi, txomahati (Xironga); isikhungathi (isiXhosa, isiZulu) - these from Van Wyk et al. (2011); Gomes e Sousa (1967) gives nhamesso (Xironga) and mussu (Quimuane) for Mozambique. The Kiswahili name Uchu (coastal Kenyan) and Mtswi (Giriyama) are recorded on herbarium specimens, as are many other vernacular names within its vast range.
SA Tree No: 669
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