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Carpobrotus deliciosus (L. Bolus) L.Bolus

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Common names: delicious sour fig, sweet sour fig (Eng.); suurvy, perdevy, gaukum (Afr.); igcuthuma (Xho.)

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Vigna vexillata (L.) A.Rich var. vexillata 

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Common names: wild cowpea, narrow-leaved wild sweetpea (Eng.); wilde-akkerboontjie, wilde-ertjie (Afr.); mgcenga (siSwati); isikhwali, ubombo, umcwasibe, umnxwasibe (isiZulu)

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Othonna quinquedentata Thunb.

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Common names: Five-tooth baboon cabbage, heavenly daisy (Eng.); bobbejaankool (Afr.)

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Pteronia incana (Burm.) DC.

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Common names: ash bush, blue bush, wild lavender bush (Eng.), asbos, asbossie, bloubos, laventelbossie, kraakbos (Afr.).

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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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