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The Lead wood tree is named after the heavy weight of the wood.

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Scientific Name: Combretum Imberbe
Common names: Lead Wood, Motswiri (Botswana)
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Superstition uses: The Herero and the Ovambo tribes of Namibia, regard the Leadwood tree as the great ancestor of all animals and people. They will ever pass it without paying it the necessary respect.
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