Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1976 - Natural history |
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... tree ( Strychnos spinosa Lam . ) and the ithongwane ( Zulu ) which is the fruit of the Snuff - box tree , umthongwane ( Oncoba spinosa Forsk . ) . According to Marloth ( 1925 : 194 ) ' the shell of the fruit is employed by the natives ...
... tree ( Strychnos spinosa Lam . ) and the ithongwane ( Zulu ) which is the fruit of the Snuff - box tree , umthongwane ( Oncoba spinosa Forsk . ) . According to Marloth ( 1925 : 194 ) ' the shell of the fruit is employed by the natives ...
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... tree ( umnquma ) which is usually carried bound up with a bundle of assegais , used for first defence ; umnqayi - Eleodendron velutinum , a forest tree furnishing the long pointed stick , without a knob , used as a weapon in single ...
... tree ( umnquma ) which is usually carried bound up with a bundle of assegais , used for first defence ; umnqayi - Eleodendron velutinum , a forest tree furnishing the long pointed stick , without a knob , used as a weapon in single ...
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... tree - felling and hunting were forbidden by the chiefs , but no record of such restrictions in the other areas has been found . The influx of white farmers brought pressure on land , and later the government imposed restrictions on tree ...
... tree - felling and hunting were forbidden by the chiefs , but no record of such restrictions in the other areas has been found . The influx of white farmers brought pressure on land , and later the government imposed restrictions on tree ...
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