| SPEKBOOM | South African shrub of the purslane family (8) |
| ROOIBOS | South African shrub of the pea family whose leaves produce a herbal tea; Aspalathus linearis (7) |
| PORTULACA | Succulent herb of the purslane genus of the same name (9) |
| PROTEA | Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones. |
| POTHERBS | Purslane and peppergrass, e.g. |
| BULLSEYE | Yellow-flowered African shrub, Euryops chrysanthemoides (5,3) |
| COCA | South African shrub |
| PROTEAS | Flowering South African shrubs or small trees (7) |
| MULTIPARAE | Plants of a genus which includes the moss rose and purslane (10) |
| HENNA | Reddish-brown dye obtained from the powdered leaves of the tropical Asian and African shrub Lawsonia inermis (5) |
| ALOE | African shrub in the lily family |
| LEAF | An edible part of a salad green whose bitter varieties include arugula, chicory, frisee, radicchio, mizuna and winter purslane (4) |
| CLAYTONIA | Genus of winter purslane ... needs heavy soil (large weight) and AI backing (9) |
| WEED | Purslane, crabgrass, or dandelion, e.g. |
| ANEMONE | Woodland plant... found among purslane, moneywort (7) |
| ROCK | Magenta-flowered succulent - - - - purslane or Calandrinia grandiflora (4) |
| LION | - - - - 's tail, S African shrub, also called wild dagga, of leonotis genus (4) |
| BERBER | North African shrub is disappearing (6) |
| CASTOROIL | Purgative from African shrub |
| ARABICA | Tropical African shrub widely cultivated for coffee (7) |