Species Gnidia caffra
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Etymology of Gnidia:
Derivation uncertain. Linnaeus only states ‘habitat in Aethiopa’, Africa, where it is widely distributed. Possibly Gnidia was named after a Greek city, Knidos, where a kind of laurel grew, or Cnidus in Caria (modern Turkey) (Hugh Glen). Another possibility is that it could be a Greek word for Daphne or laurel; in Greek mythology, Daphne was a pretty nymph who was turned into a laurel bush (WPU Jackson). It might also have been named after Knossos in Crete (spelled Knidiossos in one version), with the G being substituted for K.
Etymology of caffra:
From the Latin caffrorum referring to British Kaffraria, the name given to the area between the Kei and Keiskamma rivers in the latter half of the 19th century
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Observations of Taxon
Gnidia caffra
Name of observer:
Sasa Malan (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Gnidia caffra
Name of observer:
Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan (David)
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Gnidia caffra
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Name of observer:
Barbra Jeppe (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown