The first Westerner to learn about devil's claw was a German, G.H. Mehnert, who learnt about this plant from the San and Nama people in Namibia in 1904.
Vhathu vha u thoma u guda nga ha devil's claw ho vha hu vha German, G.H. Mehnert, we aguda hoyu muri ubva kha vhathu vha San na Nama kha ḽa Namibia nga 1904. (ṋamusi Germany huna u dzhena vhukuma ha hoyu muri).