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EMEX
Duiweltjie, Devil's Thorn (
Le
)
Family:
POLYGONACEAE
Origin uncertain, possibly derived from Rumex, a name used for culinary Sorrel, Dock, used by Pliny.
(
Le
)
Emex australis
(
La
)
Breeblaardubbeltjie, Cape Spinach, Devill's Thorn (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
P
)
australis, = southern.
(
ld
)
Emex spinosa
(
La
)
Location: (
F
)
spina, = a thorn, a prickle;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
spinosus, = full of thorns or prickles, thorny, prickly.
(spiny)
(Alien)
(
ld
,
BL
)