Actually I suppose part of the charm for an Italian reader in reading a book
set in South Africa is to encounter all the exotic place and plant names

Okay, so you're saying, just stick the English word Yellowwood into an
otherwise Italian sentence?

I just had another idea: if this book is set in South Africa, why not try to
find out the Afrikaans or Zulu names, and use those?

Jie-san Laushi

Huodau lau, xuedau lau, hai you sanfen xue bulai
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to email: eliminate redundancy