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Searsia laevigata (Dune Taaibos) [= Rhus mucronata, Rhus incana,
Rhus laevigata]
Duinetaaibos, Koerentebos [Afrikaans]; umhlakothi [Xhosa?]
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Searsia laevigata (Dune Taaibos), Rondevlei
Nature Reserve, Cape Peninsula. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko
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Usually a densely branch bush but can also grow into a small
(4 m high) tree. Native to coastal regions of the west coast and south coast
of South Africa.
See pictures in: Hottentots Holland to
Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 130; West
Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 150
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