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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Wag-'n-bietjie in South Africa is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus rubicundus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis thunbergii Kunth, nom. illeg. (among others).

2) Wag-'n-bietjie in Southern Africa is also identified with Scutia myrtina It has the synonym Scutia myrtina Merr.) (the specific name means ‘myrtle-like’ (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Philippine Journal of Science (1921)
· South African Journal of Botany (1983)
· Flora Capensis, being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & port Natal (1896)
· Mém. Fam. Rhamnées (1826)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) (1827)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1829)

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