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LAURIDIA
(
La
)
Family:
CELASTRACEAE
laurus, = a bay-tree, laurel-tree, laurel, sacred to Apollo; Lauridia sacred to ‘Daphne’**);
-idia, = dimunitive.
(
ld
,
Le
,
BL
)
Lauridia africana
(
La
)
Location: (
F
)
africa, = Africa;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
africanus, = pertaining to Africa, African.
(from Africa)
(
BL
,
ld
,
LB
)
Lauridia tetragona
(
G
)
Climbing Saffron, Droë-lewer, Umbovana (
PS
)
Location: (
F
)
tetros, = four;
gony, = the knee.
(angled, angular; knee, node (of grass))
(
LS
,
BL
)