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Corchorus olitorius L.

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Common names: Egyptian spinach, Indian jute, wild jute, bush okra, Jew’s mallow, West African sorrel, jute mallow, tossa jute (Eng.); wilde jute, Indiese jute (Afr.); delele (Tshivenda); thelele (Sepedi); gushe (Xitsonga).

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Chloris virgata Sw.

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Common names: blue grass, feather finger grass, feathered chloris, hay grass, old land grass, sweet grass, white grass (Eng.); blougras, hooigras, katstertgras, klosgras, klossiesgras, kwasgras, oulandegras, paardgras, perdegras, spinnekopgras, witgras, witpluimchloris, witpluimgras, wollerigegras (Afr.); amafusine, umadolwana (isiZulu); sehabane (Sesotho); umadolwana (isiXhosa)

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Sesamum senecioides (Klotzsch) Byng & Christenh. (= Dicerocaryum senecioides (Klotzsch) Abels

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Common names: devil’s thorn, boot protectors, stud plant (Eng.); elandsdoring (Afr.); museto (Tshivenda)

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Didelta spinosa (L.f.) Aiton

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Common names: spiny salad bush (Eng.); perdebos, perdebossie, slaaibos, slaaibossie, t'arda (Afr.)

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Pteronia paniculata Thunb.

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Common names: gum-bush (Eng.); gombos, gombossie (Afr.)

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Plumbago zeylanica L.

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Common names: wild white leadwort, Ceylon plumbago (Eng.); swartwaterbossie (Afr.)

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Leonotis ocymifolia (Burm.f.) Iwarsson

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Common names: rock lion's paw, minaret flower (Eng.); klipdagga, wildedagga (Afr.)

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Orthanthera jasminiflora (Decne.) Schinz

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Common names: jasmine creeper, star jasmine (Eng.); sandmelktou, sandmelk, moerwortel, moerworteltjie (Afr.); rapologwane (Setswana); kamongamba (Hmbukushu); mosamo womosana (Subiya); oruzenga (Ovambenderu); manXatura (Shiyeyi); ekoka, omakoda, eschilulua, engodyo (Kwanyama Ovambo)

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Lanaria lanata (L.) T.Durand & Schinz

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Common names: Cape edelweiss (Eng.); kapokblom, perdekapok (Afr.)

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Barleria irritans Nees

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