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DIOSMA
(
G
)
False Buchu (
Le
)
Family:
RUTACEAE
dios, = godlike, excellent, mighty; divine, marvellous;
Dios, = Zeus**;
osmē, osma, = a smell, scent, odour, whether good or bad; a scent, perfume.
(
LS
)
Diosma hirsuta
(
La
)
Common False Buchu (
Wf
) Hottentotsboegoe (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
hirtus, hirsus, = rough, hairy, shaggy;
-utus, = indicates possession.
hirsutus, = rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly, hirsute.
(hirsute, covered with fairly coarse and stiff long erect or ascending straight hairs)
(
ld
,
BL
)
Diosma oppositifolia
(
La
)
Kanferboegoe, Karroo Buchu (
PS
) Thick-leaved False Buchu (
Wf
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
oppositus, = opposite, contradictory propositions, opposites;
folium, = a leaf.
(opposite-leaved)
(
ld
,
BL
)
Diosma subulata
(
La
)
Location: (
F
)
subula, = an awl; a very small weapon;
(a fine sharp point; literally, an awl)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(subulate, awl-shaped, i.e. tapering from a narrow or moderately broad base to a very fine point)
(
ld
,
BL
)