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Genus:
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C
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LAUROPHYLLUS
(
La
,
G
)
Ystermartiens (
Le
)
Family:
ANACARDIACEAE
laurus, = a bay-tree, laurel-tree, laurel, sacred to Apollo; Lauridia sacred to ‘Daphne’**);
phyllon, = a leaf.
(‘laurel’ – resemblance of leaves)
(
ld
,
LS
,
Le
)
Laurophyllus capensis
(
La
)
Iron Martin, Vlakwitels, Ystermartiens (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
K
)
cape, = Cape of Good Hope;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope; Cape Peninsula)
(
BL
)