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OLINIA
Hard Pear, Hardepeer, Rooibessie (
Le
)
Family:
OLINIACEAE
For Johan Henrik Olin (1769-1824).**
(
Ch
)
Olinia ventosa
(
La
)
Hard-pear (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
K
)
ventus, = wind;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
ventosus, = full of wind, windy; puffed up, conceited, vain, empty.
(windy; puffed up; full of wind)
(
BL
,
ld
)