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Duvernoia adhatodoides
 
Duvernoia adhatodoides is a shrub or a small tree 1-3m in height.
This is an evergreen single or multi-stemmed shrub with dense dark crown. The stems can be as thick as 260mm in diameter with dark brown rough bark.

This shrub is an excellent decorative garden plant.
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Residential poisoning in the Swartland
14-11-2011 12:33
On Thursday afternoon my eight month pregnant wife and myself were in our front garden, when we noticed a tractor driving past us with sprayers and workers in masks. We were quite surprised and wondered what they were planing on spraying, since the wheat had been harvested a week before and our verge showed no signs of growth since it had been sprayed a few months previously.
Residential poisoning in the Swartland
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Residential poisoning in the Swartland
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On Thursday afternoon my eight month pregnant wife and myself were in our front garden, when we noticed a tractor driving past us with sprayers and workers in masks.
   
   
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