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Acacia senegal (L) Willd.	Acacia
Adansonia digitata L.	Baobab
Aframomum melegueta K. Schum	Grains of Paradise
Agathosma betulina(Bergius) Pillans	Buchu
Aloe ferox Mill	Bitter Aloes
Antidesma madagascariensis Lam.	Bois Bigaignon
Aphloia theiformis (Vahl.) Benn.	Fandamane
Artemisia afra. Jacq	African Artemisia
Aspalathus linearis (Burm. F.) Dahlg.	Rooibos
Balanites aegyptica (L.) Del.	Desert Date
Boswellia spp	Frankincense
Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd.	Bulbine
Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth	Pidgeon Pea
Carissa edulis Vahl.	Natal Plum
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don.	Madagascan Periwinkle
Centella asiatica (L.) Urb	Gotu Kula
Cola spp	Kola Nut
Combretum spp	Combretum
Commiphora myrrha (Nees) Engl.	Myrrh
Crossopteryx febrifuga Benth.	African Bark
Cyclopia genistoides (L.) R. Br.	Honeybush
Danais fragrans (Lam.) Pers	Liane
Euphorbia hirta L.	Garden Spurge
Garcinia kola Heckel	Bitter Kola
Griffonia simplicifolia (Vahl ex DC) Baill.	Griffonia
Harungana madagascariensis Lam. Ex Poir.	Haronga
Hibiscus sabdariffa L.	Roselle
Hoodia gordonii (Masson) Sweet ex Decne.	Hoodia
Harpagophytum procumbens (Burch.) DC.	Devils Claw
Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch. & C.A. Mey.	African Potato
Ipomoea pes-caprae spp. brasiliensis (L.) Br.	Railroad Vine
Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.	African Sausage Tree
Mondia whitei (Hook. F.) Skeels.	White Ginger
Moringa oleifera Lam.	Moringa
Nauclea spp	Nauclea
Pelargonium sidoides DC.	Umckaloabo
Prunus africana (Hook. F.) Kalkman	African Cherry
Rauvolfia vomitoria Afzel.	Devil Pepper
Ravenala madagascariensis J.F. Gmel.	Ravenala
Sceletium tortuosum (L.) N.E. Br.	Sceletium
Siphonochilus aethiopicus (Schweinf.) B.L. Burtt.	African Ginger
Strophanthus gratus (Wallich & Hook. Ex Benth.) Baillon	Strophanthus
Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R. Br.	Cancer Bush
Terminalia sericea Burch.	Silver Terminalia
Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam.	Toddalia
Trichilia emetica Vahl.	Natal Mahogony
Vernonia spp	Vernonia
Voacanga africana Stapf.ex Eliot	Voacanga
Warburgia salutaris (Bertol. F.) Chiov.	Warburgia
Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich.	Senegal Peper
Xysmalobium undulatum R. Br.	Milk Bush